382  CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA MEETING MINUTES  MARCH 5, 2024, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING  CALL TO ORDER  Mayor Watford calledt the regular meeting oft the City Council for the City of Okeechobee to order on March 5, 2024, at6 6:00F P.M. int the City Council Chambers, located at5 55 Southeast (SE)3 3rd Avenue (AVE), Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida (FL). Thei invocation was offered! by Father Jim Shevlin; followed byt the Pledge of City Clerk Lane Gamiotea calledt ther roll. Members present to establish ac quorum: Mayor Dowling R. Watford, Jr., Vice! Mayor Monical M. Clark, and Council Members Noel A. Chandler, Robert" "Bob" Jarriel, and! David R. A. Modifications to the agenda were as follows: a revised agenda was published and posted on March 1, 2024; revisedI Minutes for February 20, 2024, were distributed via emaile earlier today; and, materials for B. Motion ands second! by Council Members Jarriel and! McAuley to adopt the revised agenda as amended. C. There were no comment cards submitted for public participation fori issues not on the agenda.  Allegiance led by Council Member Jarriel.  II. ATTENDANCE McAuley.  III. AGENDA. ANDI PUBLIC COMMENTS  Item VI. E. were distributed att the meeting andl labeled as Exhibit7.  Motion Carried Unanimously.  IV. CONSENT AGENDA  Motion ands second by Council Members Chandler and. Jarrielt to:  A. Dispense witht ther reading anda approve the revisedI Minutes for February 20, 2024, [addedt to Exhibit 1). MAYOR WATFORD OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE ADOPTION AT 6:03P.M. A.N Motion by Council Member Chandler, second by Vice Mayor Clark, to read by title only, proposed Ordinance No. 1286, merging the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Funds and providing for a City Attorney Greg Hyden readi intot ther record the title ofp proposed Ordinance No. 1286 asf follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FL, PROVIDING FOR THE MERGER OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS' PENSION TRUST FUND, CREATED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 888 AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, AND THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE MUNICIPAL FIREFIGHTERS PENSION FUND, CREATED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 889 AND AMENDED AND RESTATED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 1229; PROVDNGFORCOOPCATON. PROVIDINGI FOR SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ANDI PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Motion by Vice Mayor Clark, second by Council Member McAuley, to adopt proposed Ordinance No. There were no public comments. Plan Administrator, Scott Baur of Resource Center, LLC, attended electronically via Zoom to answer questions. Clerk Gamiotea stated for the record the proposed Ordinance and Actuarial Impact Statement were: sent tot thel FLI Division of Retirement, withr no comments received to date. Roll Call Vote: Chandler Yea, Clark-Yea, Jarriel-) Yea, McAuley- Yea, Watford  Motion Carried Unanimously.  retiredf firefighter medical stipend [as presented in Exhibit2).  Motion Carried Unanimously.  1286.  -Yea.  Motion Carried Unanimously.  MAYOR WATFORD CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:08P.M.  VI. NEW BUSINESS  A. Motion! by Council Member Jarriel, second by Vicel Mayor Clark tor read! byt title only, proposed Ordinance No. 1287, prohibiting smoking/vaping in City parks, adding enforcement of the policy by the Code  Enforcement citation process [as presented in! Exhibit: 3).  Motion Carried Unanimously.  MARCH5, 2024, CITY COUNCIL REGULARI MEETING, PAGE10F3    383  VI. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED  A. Continued. City Attorney! Hyden readi intot the record thet title ofp proposed Ordinance No. 1287 ast follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FL, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 30 ENVIRONMENT; ADDING SECTION 30-47 SMOKING AT PUBLIC PARKS PROHIBITED; PROHIBITING SMOKING IN CITY PARKS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; Motion and second by Council Members McAuley and. Jarriel to approve the first reading, and set April 2, 2024, as af final Public Hearing date for proposed Ordinance No. 1287. Roll Call Vote: Chandler- B. Council discussed the proposed offer from Landmark Precast, LLC, top purchase Lots 17,17A, and 17B, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE COMMERCE CENTER, Plat Book 7, Pages 10 through 14, Okeechobee County public records, located int the 1000 block along! Northeast (NE) 12h Street (ST), int the amount of $325,000.00 [as presentedi in! Exhibit 41. Itv was the consensus oft the Council for Administrator Ritter C. Motion by Council Member Jarriel, second by Vice Mayor Clark to accept the offer from Advanced Medical Sanitation Inc., to purchase the West one-acre of Tract A, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE COMMERCE CENTER, Plat Book 7, Pages 101 through 14 [corrected from 7t through 10), Okeechobee County publicr records, locatedi int the 800b block OfNES 9hsT,i int the amount of$140,000.00 [asp presented D. Motion and second by Council Members Chandler and McAuley to approve amending positions on the salary, position, and job title page in the Fiscal Year (FY): 2023-24 Budget [as presented in Exhibit 6, change Operations Supervisor1(1)t to Operations Supervisor (0); andi increase the number ofp positions for Maintenance Foreman from (1) to (2) with a minimum salary of $53,500.00 and a midpoint of E. Compare the City's current pay plan with the recommended pay plan provided by Evergreen Consulting asp presented in Exhibit 7. After discussion it was the consensus oft the Council tor review thef final report and discuss thei implementation oft the recommendations at budget workshops for FY2024- Thel longevity payment ordinance rescission was sent tot the City Clerk on February 22, 2024, for review. Continuing to work on the final updates on Stormwater Ordinance No. 1275, based on Morris-Depew's Working ona a purchase and sale template for the City's Commerce Center property. The Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for the City's Commerce Center is being reviewed to Aright-of-way use agreementi isb being worked onf for the owner ofl Lightsey's Restaurant [decorative fence encroaching int the 100 block ont the Norths side of Southwest (SW) 16th STJ). Working on ther revisions tor remove tax payments on Cattlemen's Square Opinion of Title. Preparing proposed revisions to the Code of Ordinances related to Code Enforcement Magistrate's authority to change the procedure of Hearings and time in which the fines accrue, as well as correcting Ther repaving project for SW5 5th AVE will begin next week fromj just South of Central Elementary School Thek kayak ramp has been orderedi for Public Works Stafft toi installi in Centennial Park along" Taylor Creek, Engineers andA Architects willl be visiting City! Hall onl Thursday takingt the required measurements tol begin Ms. Connie Vanassche ofCAS Governmental Services, LLC, the City'sLobbyist, advised the City's State Appropriations request for hardening the Public Safety Building iss stilli int the State's proposed budget. The job description for the Contracts Manager has been completed and the position will be advertised  PROVIDING FOR ANI EFFECTIVE DATE."  Yea, Clark-Yea, Jarriel-Yea,l McAuley-) Yea, Watford-Yea.  Motion Carried Unanimously.  tor renegotiate an offer starting at $450,000.000 with Landmark Precast, LLC.  in Exhibit 5). Motion Carried Unanimously.  $64,925.06]. Motion Carried Unanimously.  25.  VII. CITY ATTORNEY UPDATE  comments. amend.  thel Business Tax Receipt problem.  VII. CITY ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE  to South Park Street, to coordinate with Spring Break. Sidewalk repairs will be starting on Saturday. without additional sidewalks needing tol be constructed. thel bidding process fort the hardening of City Hall.  soon.  MARCH5, 2024,CITY COUNCIL REGULARMEETING, PAGE20F3    384  VII. CITY ADMINISTRATORI UPDATE CONTINUED  Councill Member Jarrieli inquired aboutt the status ofs sellingt two City properties. Administrator Ritter replied, the SE lot was soldt tot the owners of Gator Security, while the Okeechobee Utility Authority isi interested Council Member Chandler reminded everyone the Speckled Perch Festival is this weekend andi inquired abouta a Citye entryi int the parade. Administrator Ritter respondedr no; we are not riding int the parade. Council There being not furtheri items of discussion, Mayor Watford adjourned the meeting at 7:06P.M.  inu utilizing the SWp property for their wastewater expansion project.  IX. COUNCIL COMMENTS  Member Jarriela addedt the parade is at 10:00/ AM andt the rodeoi is at2 2:00F PM.  X. ADJOURNMENT Submitted By:  G Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk  Please taker notice and be advisedt that when ap person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Council with respect to anyr matter considered at this meeting, s/he may needt to ensure that a verbatim record oft the proceeding is made, whichr recordi includes the testimony ande evidence upon whicht the appeal is to be! based. City Clerki media  are fort the solep purpose oft backup for official records oft the Clerk.  MARCH5, 2024, CITY COUNCILI REGULARI MEETING, PAGE30F3