City of Mexico Beach Meeting Minutes TUESDAY JUNE: 11, 2024-9:00AM The City of Mexico Beach City Council meti ina ar regular meeting on Tuesday June 11, 2024, at 9:00 am at the Public Works Building in Mexico Beach. Mayor Wolff andt thet following Councilmembers were present: Linda Hamilton, Jerry Smith, Jason Adams and Tim Linderman. Also present were City Administrator, Chris Hubbard, City Clerk, Tammy Brunson and City Attorney Tim Sloan. Call to order: Mayor Wolff called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. II. Consent Agenda: Meeting minutes from the April 9, 2024, April 23, 2024, May 22, 2024, and May 28, 2024 meetings were brought to the table. Mayor Wolff said in the April 23, 2024, minutes Steve Coxi is referenced and it needs to be changed to Gary Cox. Consent agenda was approved unanimously. III. Regular Business: with the award for May. 1. Tommy Davis awarded Sam Buccieri with the Employee oft the Month Award for April and Reubin Cleckley 2. Ordinance 837 (First Reading) Amending the Land Development Code pertaining to accessory uses and structures was brought to the table. Open public comment at 9:10 am. No public comments were made. Public comment closed at 9:10 am. Mrs. Hamilton motioned, and Mr. Linderman seconded the read 3. Consideration to purchase ground penetrating radar equipment was brought to the table. Mr. Hubbard explained the need for the Utilities Department to have the equipment for locates. Open public comment at 9:26 am. No public comments were made. Public comment closed at 9:26 am. Mr. Smith motioned, and Mrs. Hamilton seconded to approve a budget amendment for $25,007.00, with! 50% coming from the current water budget and the other 50% from the current sewer budget to purchase ground penetrating Ordinance 837 by title only. Motion passed unanimously radar equipment. Motion passed unanimously. 4. Financial Report- -Mr. Hubbard went over the financial report and answered questions. IV. Citizens Comments.: Lorene Lindsey brought up her concerns about wastewater capacity. She asked that they concurrency report isi included with the water quality report that goes out to all residents in. June. Frank Long talked about the 15th St Bridge and its safety for pedestrians. He asked for some sort of lighted crosswalk: signal to stop traffic on 15th so pedestrians could cross safely. Michele Miller asked why the agenda and packet fori the meeting Mayor Wolff addressed the beach flag system. He stated Bay County is making changes to their system and were not on the website. Mayor Comments: V. he would like to wait to see what they do before we try to introduce something here. City of Mexico Beach Meeting Minutes TUESDAY. JUNE: 11, 2024-9:00AM VI. Council Comments: Mrs. Hamilton said she attended a meeting in Port St. Joe and said they are looking at a moratorium on building in Windmark due to water and sewer capacity issues. She also raised concern about houses that have still not been fixed from the storm and what can we do. Mr. Linderman asked for an update on the MobiMats, kayak launch and the pier. He also stated hei is working on getting wastewater capacity numbers together to be presented at a future meeting. Mr. Adams asked ift the washouts around the walkways could bet filled in. Mr. Smith thanked everyone for help parking trucks and trailers at the boat ramp over the weekend. VII. Staff Comments: 1. City Administrator - Mr. Hubbard stated the agenda and packet for the meeting that Michele Miller stated were not available on1 the website, were int fact there. He talked about the department statistics report he handed out to council and noted the rereads that were done last month. The new meters that were approved at the last meeting will help correct this and will save the city money in the long run. He reminded everyone about the Blood Drive on the 19th and the Gollywhopper Fishing Tournament on the 21stand2 22nd. He said the 2021 audit should be done this week and will be turned into the State by the June 30th deadline. CRI already has most items together to move right into the 2023 audit. He has received the preliminary numbers from the county for the ad valorem taxes. He will: send out notification on a budget hearing 2. City Attorney - Mr. Sloan went over the process for the Farmdale annexation including public notices and schedule and noted the funding for the. Jetties should bei in next week. meetings. XI. Adjournment: Mr. Adams and Mrs. Hamilton motioned to adjourn the meeting at 10:18 am. By: Attest: VAnyBnwL City Clerk, Tammy Brunson Mayor, Richard Wolff