The agenda includes city hall updates, a proclamation, citizen comments, the pickleball shade structure, a fact-finding committee for future golf course management, tax-exempt financing discussion, ordinances, another updated schedule of violations and penalties, a seawall update, and more.
Special Requests include a proclamation designating National Athletic Training Month and a Fishing & Boating Club donation.
Committee and Department Reports:
Police Officer Buckwalter has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
City manager Bartus reported on the legislative session, comprehensive plan amendments, a hurricane exercise for 2026, priority areas for grant funding and a potential grant for the boat ramp repairs, more on floodplain ordinance changes, and a proposal for testing water quality in the canals.
The surplus police vehicle was sold at auction for $6,157.
The building department reported six current and two pending new homes being built. The east and north wall spalling repairs on Marble Hall are finished but there may be more to do on the west side. About 60% of the spalling repairs on the causeway bridge are complete. The seawall survey reports will be prepared.
City clerk Roussin has prepared a 2026 Candidate Packet and F.A.Q. One commission seat will be on the ballot in November.
Consent Items:
Items to be voted on one motion include approval of the meeting minutes and a warrant for $689,665.
Action Items:
The commission will discuss awarding the $35,000 bid for the basketball half court and rejecting all bids for the pickleball shade project.
The commission will discuss waiving the residency requirement for a recreation committee applicant and will consider the rec committee recommendation to establish a fact-finding committee to research future golf course management.
The commission will discuss and approve the $241,280 CPH fee schedule for the Ocean Drive water quality improvement project.
The commission will discuss and approve hiring Holland & Knight as bond counsel for $30,000 and then consider requesting proposals for $3,000,000 in tax-exempt loan financing for city hall.
The commission will approve the second and final readings of a wide ranging ordinance adding seawall conditions, compliance requirements, enforcement, and more to the city code as well as an ordinance amending a scrivenor’s error in 2026-508 regarding plan densities for commercial, resort, and public buildings plus the first reading of an ordinance amending the monthly sewer rates and charges.
They will also discuss resolutions to change several code enforcement fines and penalties, to adopt the Watershed Master Plan, and to comply with U.S. Treasury requirements for financing.
There is no City Attorneys' Report in the packet.
Commissioners' Reports
Commissioner Harding will report on the continuing water shortage, the February financial summary, and will address some of the questions about license plate readers.
Our "Citizen Comments" page shows a number of concerns and objections to license plate readers in KCB.
March 8-14 is National Groundwater Awareness Week.
There is some news about the ongoing drought. 1½-2" of rain fell on the South Florida mainland yesterday and 2-3" more is forecast there through Sunday night. Since we get our water from the Biscayne aquifer up there, this is good news. A local rain gauge also recorded 0.46 inches here overnight on March 14, with most falling in the "big rain" around 1 a.m.
Commissioner Diehl will update the seawall inspections and recommend an annual inspection. Baptist Health could host a fundraiser for exercise equipment for city hall. He will offer St. Patrick’s Day celebration ideas.
Vice-Mayor Colonell has a city hall update
Mayor Foster has an update on wastewater sludge hauling.
