CITY OF MONTICELLO, FLORIDA
City Council Regular Meeting
January 5,
2010 7:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order
(please turn off or mute cell phones and pagers)
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval of Minutes of 12/1/09 Council Meeting
5. Public Comment
6. Approval of Parade Permit for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade/
Resolution
2010-01 Assuming Liability for
7. Gordon Dean of Restoration Assistance, Inc. in re: petroleum clean-up of
city sites
8. Request for Amendment to Engineering Services Task Order #11 (Relating to Land Use Planning Services)
Increasing Budget from $10,000 to $11,325 and Adding Fee for Completion of the Capital Improvements Schedule Amendment
9. Proclamation Declaring January 15th as Arbor Day in the City/Discussion of
Arbor Day Activities
10. Treatment Plant Effluent Sampling Issue
11. Consideration of Request for Speed Limit Reduction in City Limits
12. Council Member Reports
*
13. Old Business
14. Reports from Committees and Departments
*Bruce Leinback, City Attorney
*Fred Mosley, Police Chief
*Steve Wingate, City Manager
*Emily Anderson, City Clerk
15. New Business
16.
Subjects: Updates on the Inflow/Infiltration project; Pending legislation regarding home rule powers of cities; Utility rate study information
17. Election of Mayor and Vice Mayor
18. Public Comment
19. Adjournment
Minutes
of the City Council meetings may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office or
online at www.cityofmonticello.us. The minutes are recorded, but are not
transcribed verbatim. Persons requiring
a verbatim transcript may make arrangements with the City Clerk to duplicate
the recordings, or arrange to have a court reporter present at the
meeting. The cost of duplication and/or
court reporter will be borne by the requesting party.
Persons who wish to appeal
any decision made by the City Council with respect to any matter considered at
this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may
need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record
includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
In
accordance with Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with
disabilities needing special accommodations to participate in this meeting
should contact the Mayor through the City Clerk’s office no later than 5:00
P.M. on the day prior to the meeting
PROTOCOL FOR
ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEMS
Any
person or group desiring to be placed on the agenda shall make such request
with the City Clerk by 4:00 p.m. at least eight (8) days prior to a meeting. The request shall include:
A. the name and address of the person making the
request;
B. the organization or group, if any represented;
C. content of the information to be presented – if
written material is to be passed out, a
copy of such material shall accompany the request;
D. an estimate of the time necessary for such
presentation and discussion and action thereon;
E. Specific
action desired of the Board
NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Public Comment – any
interested person may, upon signing the sign-up sheet prior to the commencement
of any council meeting, address the council during the Public Comment portion
of the meeting.
Any non-agenda remarks or
comments shall not exceed three (3) minutes in length. Such time may be extended to ten (10) minutes
by majority vote of the council.
Any personal charges to be
made against an individual council member or city employee shall be in
affidavit form. If any information is to
be presented that is in the form of a statement or charges that might be considered
derogatory or of a serious nature, such shall be presented in writing and shall
specifically state the charges in the form of an affidavit, with copies
sufficient in number so that one copy may, and it shall, be sent at once to
each such member or employee. Neither
this rule nor any other shall preclude the right of any citizen to address the
Council; however, the Council will not be obligated to act on any proposal not
on the agenda.