City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the regular July 20th City Council meeting. It feels like we haven't had one of these in a really long time, and I forgot my reading glasses, so apologies in advance. We will begin with our traditional opening ceremonies, our invocation followed by the salute to the flag delivered by Mr. Sutton. Please stand.

Let us pray. Lord, we thank you for this evening and for your never-ending grace and mercy. I lift up this council and everyone here tonight and pray for discernment and wisdom for this body and for our city staff as we work for the citizens of Jax Beach. Lord, I lift up Director Dixon. as he assumes his new role, guide him and give him the leadership decisions and understanding as he oversees our planning and development function. We lift up our military, first responders, and health care professionals and thank you for their protection and their healing that is only through you. We ask these things in your son Jesus' name. Amen.

This meeting is called to order. Madam Clerk, roll call.

Council Member Golding. Here. Council Member Horne.

Here.

Council Member Jansen.

Here.

Council Member Sutton.

Here.

Council Member Wagner.

Here.

Council Member Wilders.

Here.

Mayor Hoffman. Here. Moving on to approval of minutes.

Item A. I move we approve the minutes from the regular city council meeting held on June 1st, 2026.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item B.

I move to approve the minutes from the City Council briefing held on June 8, 2026.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Mr. Watters?

Thank you, Mayor. I would like to... say I'm thankful that the minutes reflect that I requested support for giving these ADAs cleared out, and I'm glad to see we're making progress in that area. But I would like the minutes to reflect that. I also requested that the City Council give itself the authority to approve the hiring of directors, which was omitted despite a very lengthy conversation. Thank you.

Can you phrase that in the form of an amendment?

I'm not wishing to make an amendment. I just wanted to make a public record of it.

Okay. Ms. Golding? I just wanted to say that in reviewing the minutes, I believe it was reflected in there that that was requested.

Well, I apologize if I missed it.

Any other discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item C.

I move we approve the minutes from the regular city council meeting held on June 15th, 2026.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? Motion carries.

Item D. I move we approve the minutes from the special council briefing held on July 6th, 2026.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? Motion carries. Approval of the agenda.

I move we approve the agenda.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Announcements. Mr. Stavopoulos.

Thank you, Mayor, Council. As was alluded to in the opening invocation, we do have our newest director with us tonight. Mr. Jay Dixon is in the audience. Jay assumes the role of our planning and development director. Today is day one for him. We were able to persuade him to come over from Baldwin County, Alabama. Jay has over 25 years of professional experience spanning the private sector, municipal government, as well as county government, and he is AICP certified. So with that, we would like to welcome Jay aboard, and hopefully this will be one of just many future meetings he's at.

Thank you, Mr. Stavopoulos. Ms. Golding.

Thank you, Mayor, and welcome, Jay. Look forward to working with you. I have a few announcements. I want to thank our Jacks Beach Police Department for all the hard work they put in over the July 4th weekend. They always have to work many hours, and certainly because July 4th was on Saturday, they had several days that they had to cover. and want them to know that their work does not go unnoticed. And we appreciate all that they do so that we can enjoy our July 4th weekend. And it was safe, and I believe it was uneventful as well. And we're very grateful for that. Also want to thank Chief Smith, Commander Bingham, Commander Crumley, Commander Shaughnessy, and Sergeant Tater, who participated in the event. beaches watch police panel last week which was a really great meeting that had all three of the beaches police departments represented talking about public safety in our beaches, and it was a very, very good meeting. If you would like to see the meeting and hear what was discussed, you can go to beacheswatch.com, and the video is posted there. Also, they mentioned that they are starting an e-bike safety campaign, and I know I've personally heard from a lot of people throughout the community that are concerned about e-bikes and E-motorcycles, which is a big issue. So they will be doing more in the way of education and enforcement in the coming weeks and months. They have pamphlets that they will be handing out as they are addressing the issues and they will also be getting the parents and guardians involved. So I think that's really good and we're very grateful for that effort as well. I also want everyone to know that we have budget workshops coming up and in light of the property tax amendment that will be on the ballot in November, I encourage citizens to please come out to these budget workshops. We have a budget tour on Friday, July 31st that will be talking about here are the things that we expect to be funding in the coming year, some of the more important projects. And then on Monday, August 3rd, starting at 4 o'clock, we will have, we'll be covering certain sections of the budget. That afternoon we'll be covering executive, legal, finance, HR, and IT. And then on Tuesday, August 4th, starting at 5 o'clock, we'll have the police and Beaches Energy and Parks and Rec. And then on Monday, August 10th, starting at 5, we'll have Public Works Planning. Jay, you'll get to join us for that. And Redevelopment. So I encourage citizens to please plan to attend these meetings because it will help you better understand the tax dollars that you pay to Jacksonville Beach, how they're being used, and hopefully knowing that you'll be able to make an informed decision when you vote in November on the property tax amendment. And then also wanted to mention that Beaches Watch is doing a district two school board candidate form and district two is our district. So that covers all of our Beaches schools. And we have three candidates that are running for that seat. The candidate form is going to be Thursday, August 6th at 7 o'clock at the Community Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall in Atlantic Beach. That's at 150 Sherry Drive. And all three of the school board candidates have confirmed that they will be participating in that form. The election for that, for the District 2 school board seat, is August 18th. So it is on the primary ballot. So it's early. I know people will be very busy because school is getting ready to start. But early voting starts August 7th. And so this forum being on August 6th, it's a really good opportunity. These are all brand-new candidates. It'll be a great opportunity to learn about them so that you can make an informed decision when you vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Golding. Mr. Horn, are you speaking about the life-saving competition? I was just going to say we have a speaker card related to that if you want to hold your comments to align with that.

Something different. Okay. So, yeah, I was going to say the budget meetings you mentioned, you said August 3rd, though. Council meeting and then, but I thought you said five o'clock.

The first one is August 3rd at four.

Okay. And just for the city clerk, whomever, it's because it's not noticed. And I went back and checked it again. So I just want to make sure we follow the rules there. My comment is just last week, we had the South Atlantic life savings.

If you just want to hold, because I don't want to stop. take the thunder of the person that I convinced to fill out a speaker card, but I'll give it back to you at that point. Thank you. Mr. Jansen.

Yeah, speaking about your tax dollars, I mentioned it at the last briefing, but I thought I'd also mention it here on the diets in our city council meeting. We received our appropriation from the federal government. A big thank you to Congressman Rutherford's office for We received an appropriation for $850,000 to improve the roadway system around our hospital. It's our one and only hospital in the Beaches community. And so we asked for a million, got $850,000, so we're on the hook for $150,000. But we'll see how much it costs to get the improvements done. And we piggybacked that with another ask for a water tank, and I won't get into the details of that. But basically, it satisfies a portion of our Senate Bill 64 obligation. So it's good that your tax dollars that you have to pay every single year in your federal income are coming back to our community. So thank you to Congressman Rutherford in making that happen.

Thank you, Mr. Jansen. Mr. Wagner?

I just wanted to share something. for folks that on August 1st from 1.30 to 4 at the Carver Center, we're doing the Back to Schools Pack the Backpack. It's a partnership between Jack's Beach, Beam, and Ocean City Church, which is great because I love all three organizations, so that works well. And if you were at it last year, which I was, I will tell you that we ran out of everything fast. The community need is quite significant. We had quite a significant turnout. So if you know folks that would benefit or this would come in handy, please let them know to attend, and early would be better. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Wagner. I am sure another organization that you admire is Oceanside Rotary, and we are also participating in packing the backpacks the day before and doing a supply drive. And one of the things that they want every kid to have are Panasonic headphones, and they're on sale on Amazon right now, 30% off. So if you want to contribute, I think they're like 12 bucks, so that each of the kids can get a pair of those headphones to use through the year. I've had a couple of fun things that haven't already been touched on, but our newest restaurant is now open in our downtown central business district. And you can't miss it because it's right outside of City Hall, all dirt and oak. I know a few of us were there for their opening last week, and it's going to be a big hit in our community. It's the same owners as Oaxaca Club, so the owners will have two restaurants kind of under the same roof. And I think it's going to be just as successful as Oaxaca club. So put it on your list, check it out. And a great time to check that out would be after the world's biggest beach bike ride, which is going to be on August 14th. So that's a Friday. So the first week after school gets back in. So we're working on trying to get about a thousand people out there on their bikes. It is also e-bikes are allowed and, And so we're just going to have a huge bike ride up to Atlantic Beach and everyone will kind of drift back here and fill in our bars and restaurants here in downtown Jacksonville Beach. So that should be a really great day.

Any other announcements?

Okay, we will move on to courtesy of the floor. The first speaker card I have is Christopher Lind. If you want to come up, give us your name and address and you can speak to the council for three minutes. Just hit the red button on the microphone and it'll turn green.

Thank you for having me here. So good evening, council members. My name is Christopher Land. First, I want to be clear that I support surf camps. I actually learned to surf through one myself. The camp that I attended, however, was held on a wide open stretch of beach where beginners could safely learn without getting in the way of other surfers. My concern isn't with surf camps, it's with their location. Jacksonville has roughly 22 miles of coastline with many beginner-friendly stretches of beach. Much of that coastline is lightly used by surfers on any given day, while the Jacksonville Beach Pier consistently attracts many of the area's most experienced surfers because it's one of the few high-performance surf breaks that we have. On smaller days, it can be the only place producing the type of wave that experienced surfers rely on for high-performance surfing. That doesn't mean beginners can't surf elsewhere. In fact, beginners don't need a steep, fast-breaking wave with a defined pocket. They're learning fundamentals like paddling, standing, balancing, and riding waves straight to the beach. Those skills can be taught safely on the many gentler stretches of coastline that we already have. To me, it's like teaching someone to drive. You wouldn't teach a brand new driver to drive in the middle of I-95 during rush hour. You start them in an empty parking lot where they can safely learn the basics before moving on to more challenging situations. Surfing should be no different. Many of these campers are young, first-time surfers. At the same time, experienced surfers are riding pointed boards at high speeds through the same takeoff zone. That creates a dangerous situation for everyone involved. As someone who surfs there regularly, I've had to weave through enormous groups of beginner surfers while riding waves. It only takes one person losing control, one child paddling the wrong direction, or one surfer being unable to avoid a collision for someone to get seriously hurt. Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't already seen a major injury and don't think that we should wait until a child gets badly hurt before taking action. Good safety policy should be proactive, not reactive. I also want to emphasize this isn't just my opinion. Many members of the Jacksonville surfing community have shared these same concerns for years. This isn't about keeping people out of the water or ending surf camps. It's about matching the right activity with the right location so everyone can enjoy the ocean safely. With 22 miles of coastline available, it seems reasonable that beginner instruction could take place at one of the many beaches better suited for first-time surfers, while preserving one of Jacksonville's few high-performance surf breaks for the purpose that they've naturally best suited for. Got 25 seconds. I'm asking the city to work with the surf camps and the local surfing community to identify a safer, more appropriate location for beginner instruction. I believe the solution would be better to serve. I believe that a solution would better serve the children, instructors, the surfing community, and everyone who uses our beaches. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Green. Should I leave it green?

Oh, you can turn it back to red. That's great. Thank you. You nailed the two or three minutes. Well done. And I know we have a, senior leader of our Parks and Recreation Department here, and we'll hopefully take that feedback back with him. Thank you. And Richard McDill. I'm not gonna time you, because you're responding to a request.

Hello, my name is Richard McDill. I live at 602 11th Street North in Jacksonville Beach. And I want to talk about the lifeguard event that we just put on. So the Sala or South Atlantic Life Saving Association is a regional competition here. The beaches range from South Virginia Beach all the way down to Jax Beach. These are some serious athletes. They all train countless hours for their event, for their crafts. There's age divisions, there's open divisions. I mean, this is a very serious thing that's been going on for a very, very long time. And about every three years, we have the opportunity to have it here. I don't think it's been here for maybe five or so plus years. But a new hire with Jacksonville Beach Ocean Rescue, Jason Jennings, took on the task to lead it. And then we worked as the volunteer life-saving corps. with Jay Board, City of Jacksonville Beach to put on the event and it went phenomenal. We had numerous compliments. We had people comparing it to possibly in the level of regionals and was asking lots of questions because they're up next on what hope we did put it together. We had a lot of people really step up and donate their time, their energy, and money. Between the sponsors and the registration fees, we were actually able to cover all the costs of no expense to the city or to the Volunteer Lifesaving Corps, which is phenomenal. I'm proud to announce that the Jackson Beach Ocean Rescue Team took home second in Big Beach, which is no small feat at all. And then, yeah, absolutely. And then the Volunteer Lifesaving Corps and Small Beach Division also took home second place. So not only did we tirelessly work, I'll take that. Not only did we tirelessly work to put on the events, but we also placed in the top three, which is a ginormous accomplishment. So I'm looking forward to having it again here. And that's all I have is unless anyone has any questions on the event. It took place Wednesday and Thursday of last week.

Thank you. Hang out there for a second, just in case we have any questions for you. I will say that I know a few of us went out there as spectators, but only one of us went out there as a competitor. and brought home some hardware. Congratulations, Councilman Horn. You want to go through your hardware?

No, I'm just going to give everybody.

Go ahead. You can turn on your mic.

I was just going to tell everybody, good job. It was an event well run, and I'm happy to be out there and happy to be at home, not have to travel. So happy to be here.

Mr. Waters, did you want to add something?

I was just going to ask about his accomplishments.

Sorry, I jumped ahead of you.

Councilman Horn, was there anyone else competing in your age group?

Yes, there were six people in my age group, so the first places that I got were in front of them.

Be careful, Councilman Sutton. You weren't in the water at all. We had a few other, I think, notable accomplishments. Coach Paugh. At 84 years old, competed in how many?

I think three.

Three events?

Three or four. Four events? He did the swim. He did the paddle. He did beat flags. And I think he may have done run, swim, run. Oh, no, he did the 2K run. That's right. He did a two-kilometer jog. And, again, he's my hero at that age to be able to do all of those events. Very impressive. Keep moving.

We'll expect nothing less out of you at 84, Mr. Horne.

Go ahead. It was just a phenomenal event overall. It really helped put the city of Jacksonville Beach and the Volunteer Life Saving Corps on the map. Numerous speeches came up and essentially like, all right, you're on the radar now. We'll see you next year. And so that's something we're very, very proud of.

Great. And I think that we had a member of J-4, Amanda Ray, who had the best overall score. of the whole entire competition. Am I getting that right?

Yeah. A huge shout out. Some of the beaches don't even have a women's division and the girls here on both volunteers and the city of Jacksonville beach lifeguards are some of the strongest veterans I've seen in a very, very long time. They take it extremely seriously and we're whooping the pants off a lot of the guys, honestly.

Go girls. I love it. Love to hear it. It looked great. The beach looked great. I was really proud of our city. The weather was great. It was hot. But I was wearing too many clothes.

We only went four hours over both days. That's great.

Great. Good. Anything else?

That's it. Thank you all for having me.

Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for being here today. Any other announcements from council? Okay. We will move on. I'm sorry. That was courtesy of the floor. Got us combined. A combined courtesy of the floor slash announcements. Moving on to consent agenda. Can I have a motion?

I move we approve the consent agenda. Second.

Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? Motion carries. Jay, our public comment is not always based on surfing and lifeguarding, but a lot of it is. Be prepared. Probably something different than Alabama. Okay, moving on to item A, new business. Mr. Barron.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I have before you an item for a lift station rehabilitation for lift station number 13. It was part of bid number 2526-06, and we're recommending award to PBM Constructors. I got a couple of photos up on the board showing you the location. So this is located on Fairway, directly south side on the southeast bank of our Central Basin Outfall Waterway. which you remember is part of the work that's going to be closing that culvert area to be able to replace a culvert in that area. So that will add to some of the challenges being done. Or it might also actually help to be able to get in and get out without having to have the traffic to be monitored while they can do that. So eager to put forward this project.

Thank you. Can we have a motion?

I move we award bid number 2526-06 to PBM Constructors for list station number 13, rehabilitation and site upgrades for an amount not to exceed $563,500. Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Mr. Wilders?

Thank you, Mayor. Director Barron, I was just curious, is this going to be located on the east side of Fairway or on the west side?

It's located currently on the east side, and it will remain on the east side. Thank you.

And we have been briefed on this item in the past pretty recently, so thank you for bringing it forward. Any other discussion? Matt and Kirk, roll call.

Council Member Golding. Yes. Council Member Horne.

Yes.

Council Member Jansen.

Yes.

Council Member Sutton.

Yes.

Council Member Wagner.

Yes.

Council Member Wouters.

Yes.

Mayor Hoffman.

Yes. Motion carries. Part two.

I move we award an agreement with Fort Waters Engineering for contract administration for a amount not to exceed $34,454.

Second. We have a motion and a second.

Any discussion? Madam Clerk, roll call. Council Member Horne.

Yes.

Council Member Jansen.

Yes.

Council Member Sutton.

Yes.

Council Member Wagner.

Yes.

Council Member Wouters.

Yes.

Council Member Golding. Yes. Mayor Hoffman. Yes. Motion carries.

Section 3.

I move to authorize the Mayor and City Manager to negotiate and execute any contract as a result of this bid award.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

Madam Clerk, roll call. Council Member Jansen?

Yes.

Council Member Sutton?

Yes.

Council Member Wagner?

Yes.

Council Member Wouters?

Yes.

Council Member Golding? Yes. Council Member Horne? Yes. Mayor Hoffman?

Yes. Motion carries. We're going to do a lot of communication with the residents in that area, including my dad. That's the call I'm going to get. All right. Thank you, Mr. Barron. Mr. Johnson?

All right. Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. I'm Nick Johnson with Beaches Energy. I'm an electrical engineer with them, and I'm requesting the approval to accept a $1.6 million Department of Energy grant to perform storm hardening improvements between 2nd Avenue North and 12th Avenue North in Jacksonville Beach, and your approval to authorize the Mayor and City Manager to execute a grant agreement with the Florida Division of Emergency Management. In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy established this grant program to improve the reliability and resilience of this nation's electric infrastructure. In 2024, Beaches Energy submitted a storm hardening plan to underground the existing overhead electric facilities between 2nd Avenue North and 12th Avenue North, west of Pentman Road. The total project cost is $2.45 million. This grant will provide $1.6 million towards the project. that Beaches Energy is contributing approximately $850,000. So this grant will fund approximately 65% of the total project costs, allowing Beaches Energy to leverage federal funding to complete the project that improves reliability while minimizing the impact to our rate payers. The underground conversion of multiple distribution lines has been part of Beaches Energy's capital improvement plan for the last 30 years. As a result, approximately 85% of our electric distribution system is already underground. The FY2026 budget includes funding for the local match portion of this, and the construction is expected to occur between 2026 and 2028, subject to the material availability and crew scheduling. And I also wanted to give a big thank you to Don Cuevas, David Rawlins, Alan Putnam, and Matt Seeley, and everyone else that was assisting in this process. In summary, I again respectfully request that the City Council accept the $1.6 million Department of Energy grant and authorize the Mayor and City Manager to execute the grant agreement with Florida Division of Emergency Management. And that's all I got.

Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson, can I have a motion?

I move we accept a Department of Energy grant of $1.6 million to perform storm hardening between 2nd Avenue North and 12th Avenue North in Jacksonville Beach.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Mr. Jansen.

A question for you. Will this have any impact on or tie into the improvements on Penman Road? Will there be any effect on that that the city of Jacksonville is doing? Are you aware of any?

No, no, the road expansion and the roundabouts, all that. Oh, see, yeah, there we go. So this will be the area that's affected in blue. So the yellow line right there will remain overhead. The rest of it will be underground. So all the overhead lines will go to underground, so you won't see them. And then it's just a much safer and more reliable infrastructure.

All right.

Thank you.

Mr. Horne.

I was going to say, similar to what Councilor Jansen was saying earlier today, I'm very happy to see that we're getting access to federal funds. This is our tax dollars. It goes from us to the government, then out to the Department of Energy, and then circuitously back to us. So I'm happy to see that. Again, this is two-thirds of the cost, and it's a huge win, and obviously because of the amount of water that comes down and the need for this work to be done. So I'm glad it's being done. I'm glad it's being done with our tax dollars, though. Thank you.

Ms. Golding. Thank you. Just wanted to ask a question. You said currently we have about 85% of our city undergrounded. So what would that percentage be once this is done? Do you have any idea?

It would be higher. Yeah. I don't have the actual number for that.

Okay. Sorry.

I know that probably wasn't a- It's roughly 2.5 miles.

more that will be underground okay that's a good answer thank you mr sutton so to the um to the north of this is there additional if i don't know if y'all know offhand additional overhead that continues to exist west of penman uh yeah

We actually had a project laid out. It's in the CIT and page 21 and 22. And it'll outline some of the more concerning areas that we want to overhead to underground. And it sequentially, so we did Arden Way and Tanglewood area first. That was done with rate payer money. And that was project one. This is going to be project two, but it has a 65% federal funding is the hope here this evening.

but there's still some additional west of Penman. I mean, obviously everybody knows, you know, when we have storms, The great majority, I think, of storm cleanup is where the larger canopies are. And once you start getting west of 10th Street, really, but really once you start getting west of Penman, back in there against the marsh, the tree canopy is big and a lot of it old trees. So overhead utilities, you know, really create an additional issue. So I'm glad to see that we're focusing on it and hopefully we'll continue to.

My question doesn't have any math, but it is a little out of left field, I know. Years ago, I was bragging to other cities in Florida about how much of our electric was undergrounded. And is undergrounded the word? That just doesn't sound right. At that time, it was, I think, 85% just east of 3rd Street. So we've come a real long way. And somebody kind of clapped back at me that, well, that's great aesthetically but if you and it's great where you have trees but if you have flooding it's not necessarily as great because you it's harder to access during flooded times so just looking at where this is all located and you can see how much water is there and anyone who lives back there knows how much water is there does that present an issue or are if we do have flooding back there is does it recede fast enough that we can kind of get in there and do repairs that we need to do or is that something that's contemplated in this

So Allen has been a little bit instrumental in getting a flood mitigation plan in place and identifying any of the low-lying, like 100-year floodplain-plus areas that we would more than likely experience this. And what we do there is we elevate any of the equipment that we have in that area. The lines themselves, they can stay wet, but the rest of the infrastructure we try to keep dry if possible.

So where repairs would be needed would be accessible even in a flood, or hopefully.

You can't prevent everything, but we would have much larger problems if we had, you know, 30 feet of, you can only put on so high. Fair, fair. We're doing our best we can there, but we stay above the 100-year flood plain with the new transports that we try to mount.

Okay, thank you. Mr. Watters? Thank you, Mayor.

And I'd like to thank Councilman Jansen again for his great work in getting that federal money. And I congratulate you all for doing this thing. Thank you. But I was just curious, will this result in higher rates for the electric bill?

No, this is one of the many things that we try to do each day to mitigate. improvements to the infrastructure that we have, and then also use the ratepayers' money, you know, accordingly. We've pushed projects out in the past. Like I said, this has been going for 30 years, and we have potential for a 30-year outlook on finishing the rest of the underground, you know, the rest of the distribution system. But the holdup is getting enough money allocated, which we essentially spend a million dollars a year to do so, and we're trying to get funding and federal funding to back that and subsidize some of that cost so that we don't have to increase rates for that.

Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

Thank you, Mr. Watters. Any other questions or comments?

Madam Clerk, roll call. Council Member Sutton?

Yes.

Council Member Wagner?

Yes.

Council Member Watters?

Yes.

Council Member Golding? Yes. Council Member Horne?

Yes.

Council Member Janssen?

Yes.

Mayor Hoffman? Yes. Motion carries. Section 2?

I move to authorize the Mayor and City Manager to execute and grant agreement with the State of Florida Department of Emergency and Management.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Madam Clerk, roll call.

Council Member Wagner. Yes. Council Member Wouters. Yes. Council Member Golding. Yes. Council Member Horne.

Yes.

Council Member Jansen.

Yes.

Council Member Sutton.

Yes.

Mayor Hoffman.

Yes. Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Final item is our second reading of an ordinance. Madam Clerk, will you read the ordinance by title, please?

An ordinance of the City of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, amending Chapter 12, Streets, Food, and Food Products, Section 12-33-3, Hours of Operation, Signage, and Noise, to provide an exemption for overnight parking for mobile food dispensing vehicles, providing for repealed conflicting ordinances, severability, codification, and an effective date.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. This ordinance is before this council for a public hearing and consideration on its second reading. I will now open the public hearing on ordinance number 2026-8238. I do not have any comment cards on this item. Are there any, anyone from the public wish to speak for or against this ordinance? This public hearing is closed. May I have a motion?

I move we adopt ordinance number 2026-8238 and the second reading amending chapter 12, streets, food, and food products, section 12-33, subsection 3, hours of operation, signage, and noise to provide an exemption for overnight parking for mobile food dispensing vehicles.

Second. We have a motion and a second. I'm sorry, Mr. Midgett, I should have thrown it to you for any updates.

No problem. There have been no changes since the first hearing. I'd be happy to refresh anyone's memory since we've had a month off or give another summary. So if anyone has any questions or would like a summary, just please let me know. Mr. Horne.

Thank you, Mayor. I don't have any questions. I just want to say thank everybody for doing this. I know that it puts us closer in line or basically in line with the state rules. And I apologize. I wasn't here for the first reading, but I was out of the country on vacation, but happy to see it passing. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other questions or comments from Council? Madam Clerk, roll call. Council Member Wildings?

Yes.

Council Member Golding? Yes. Council Member Horne?

Yes.

Council Member Jansen?

Yes.

Council Member Sutton?

Yes.

Council Member Wagner?

Yes.

Mayor Hoffman? Yes. Motion carries. That is our last item. Can I have a motion to adjourn? I move to adjourn. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor?