City Council - Regular Meeting

I'm sorry, I still don't want to say the prayer this evening. Sure, Ward, you want me to call? Whatever you want to do. Okay. All right, sir. We're going to call the September 22nd, 2026 City Council meeting to order. I want to remind everybody to silence your cell phones. We're going to have our opening prayers by the Pledge of Allegiance. Let us pray.

Here. Approval of items on the consent agenda. Approval to read by title only. Ordinance 1063. Ordinance 1064. Ordinance 1065. Resolution 2026-F-29. 2026-F-30. Resolution 26-31. Do I have a motion? I have a motion. Second. I have a motion to second.

Yes. Receiving requests from the general public, if anyone wants to speak on anything that is not on the agenda, that will be your time.

Anyone else who wants to speak here is not on the agenda? Yes, ma'am.

Do we have anyone else who would like to speak on anything that's not on the agenda? Hearing and seeing no one. If they have any things, I'll read the keys. General business. 10-9-6-8, Katie Hall to discuss Anderson Columbia. Council will take any extra names necessary.

Additionally, though. Their 50% is just going to be paid back over time, almost like a 0% on the project. That's correct. We'll lay money out of pocket, or half the money out of pocket. Correct.

This is probably down beside the 2-inch line. The 2-inch line is going to stay. This will be in addition to the 2-inch. Correct.

Is that good? You're correct. State of York construction. Have we been able to split the cost? Yes, for the projects. So this is an addition?

Where are we looking to get the Citi's ad from?

If I might ask a question to the council.

The way I see it, if what I hear is correct, we have a gas line, a pretty good-sized gas line going down a railroad track. What, two miles? Maybe a little further?

It gives us another utility in that direction. With a major user paying half the cost up front.

I'm totally receiving your thanks to them.

So I'm back three and a half years, maybe. So I'm getting like one under that balance sheet. Correct. Can we now update you? Of course.

I've been involved in a couple of other situations very similar to this, not with gas lines, but with other fuel sources. They work out very well. Anyway, are there any more questions? I'll entertain a motion.

That's great, Katie. 10-9-6-B, McDonnell would bow to address council regarding safety concerns in the downtown area, parks, glass pad, and other public areas. The council will take any action as necessary.

Excuse me. Yes. How much exterior lighting do you have on your building?

So Val, have you all considered, you said you just spent money on somebody else. I did. Have you considered hiring a security officer?

Would the increased street lighting help?

Thank you. Again, item 6C, public hearing and final reading of ordinance 1065. An ordinance in the city of Perry, Florida, pertaining to the amendment to utility rates, Appendix A, Schedule of payment charges, garbage and trash monthly charges, sewer rates and charges, water rates and other charges. Gap applied by the city. Dying for the sensibility of the parts hereof, if declared unmet. Revealing warrants of the conflict and providing foreign trade. Thank you. Do we have any discussion on this?

Oh, thank you. Yes, ma'am. What is the latest measure? We heard from Florida Rural Water.

Yeah. Any more discussion on it? Thank you.

2027, taking the action made necessary. Resolution will not be in the final millage rate in the city of Perry for the fiscal year operation beginning October 1st, 2026 and ending September 30th, 2027.

Any discussion on this? Final entertainer motion.

Yes. Mayor Kitchin? Yes. Resolution 2026-30, Council to conduct public hearing on the City of Perry final budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, taking action, if necessary. A resolution adopting the final budget for the City of Perry, Florida, for the period of October 1st, 2026, and ending September 30th, 2027. Do I have any discussion with anyone about the budget? Oh, they're taking motion.

I just want to say this. The voted no is the rate increase. But I'm a team player. Yes.

Mayor Patron? Yes. Again, item 6F, resolution 2026-31, City Council and their capacity as the City of Perry Community Creative Development Agency, CRA, to note the public hearing on the City of Perry CRA budget for fiscal year 2026, 2027, take any action necessary. At this point, we must recess our meeting at City Council and open the CRA board to discuss the vote and go back to City Council. So, current City Council will convene at CRA board.

Okay, that's good. So we'll have the discussion on the CRA budget. No, I'll entertain a motion.

Yes. We're now on call to the CRA board. Meeting two of them. And number one recommendation is to prepare your city council. All right. Agenda item six, G. Love hearing a final reading of ordinance number 1063. In order to the city of Perry, Florida, meaning the city code, you create a statewide permit process for the service, sale, and assumption of alcoholic beverages within designated, included areas of the public right-of-way adjacent to qualifying businesses, providing definitions, providing application review, and operational standards. Requiring approval in the license premises for the

So it's for the right-of-way permit. Is that what you're saying? Yes.

Should this be a yearly renewal? That's not suggested, yes. It has to be expiration unless timely renewed. Is there a window ?

I don't know the reason why I ask that. A lot of them have a 30 to 0 date window, or a 60 to 0 date window. It says there's 30 to 0 date.

Which means it's going to come. It's not going to come one time. It's just going to come all through the year, possibly.

So that would let me pay in a business license and a permit?

I think that would be the easiest. What is the count? I don't know.

I have a question. You don't have to come up. Yes, ma'am. of the entire property?

300 feet of normal pedestrian walking path. Yes, I expanded. I didn't remember you all that. It's a memo from Harvest 23.

That means. So it's 500 foot from the school and 300 foot from a church is what the code says now.

I said, yeah, that'd be a good idea. You need to read this first before we go from there.

Any more discussion? I'm not going to attend the motions.

Okay. Agenda No. 6-H. So, the hearing and final reading of Ordinance No. 10-64. In Ordinance of the City Council for the City of Perry, Florida, Mending Chapter 40, Article 3, Parks and Recreation Areas of the City of Perry to Oval Institutes. Mending Section 40-53, Hours of Operations. Planning Section 40-54, prohibited activities. To prohibit those camping or sleeping, unsanitary use of flash pads and water facilities. Obstruction and interference with the lawful use of park facilities. And unintended or hazardous personal property. Providing for lawful directions as these are prohibited con

Anyone have any discussion on this? Comments? I'll entertain a motion.

Okay. We have a second. Do we have any discussion on this? Apparently we have some discussion on this.

I'm sorry. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm not sure if I'd be able to come up with somewhere else for it, because this is what was suggested earlier. I think we better come up with a place to go first. I didn't see the Vita going down in this. I guess someone in the state would not be able to move up and help that. Did that come? So we'll come back that night and go to sleep. And if they're going to report, they have the words to go. At midnight. And then they're going to go to the ocean to take care of that period. Yes, ma'am.

And it could happen if we pull together. The statute is directed towards the county.

Yeah, that's my question. Most of these people come to the parks. And of course, if they have their stuff in justice or whatever, it's supposed to be something.

Yes. Yes. This is your council. This is your decision. I just have to help John provide the tools we think we might be able to use to take care of some of this issue.

Yeah, exactly. It's part rules. And you may have people that's got three houses walking around in a pit bull and not everybody should be allowed to do so because they have three houses. They probably should not be allowed to because they have three houses.

That would discuss the approval of the DOT Safe Streak Broad Grant Agreement and cancel and take any action there if necessary.

Thank you. John said we got three grant tools.

What's that? A few minute break. Yeah, we need to vote on this before we go to order. Oh, yeah. OK, entertain a motion. I'll approve this. I'll approve the UOT sale. I'll hear your hand. Second?

Oh, what did he say? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

That's when we used to sit up with my grandmother. She drove all the way to Jacksonville and went to Portland.

I stay up. Even if I call the hospital. She eats, you know.

I'll call the meeting back in order. Hello, John.

No. All right, agenda item 6J, council to discuss Florida Commerce CBT and the grant. Council to take any action being necessary.

He's talking about all the jobs. So he must be nervous. I just don't know what they're planning on doing. There's nothing concrete right now. Unless the executive director of the development authority or something, I don't know.

Any more discussion on that? Yeah, Dr. Sixkey, council can discuss the task order and prepare how to replace the grant. That's the type of action that is necessary.

Do we have some hires get a room service? Got a colleague putting those bags in there.

Will you take any action on this? Yeah, I can guess at it.

Yes. In item 6L, he accrues to discuss upcoming road closures, oncoming grade safety events, his parade, King Creek Road and Turner Creek.

Mayor Dussert? Yes. Dan, on item six M, council to discuss noise ordnance. What a lot of y'all have learned, and council to look at the thing I just named, that's the theory.

All right. Agenda item 6N. Council to appoint one citizen to serve on the planning and zoning board of trustees. Council will take any action in the name necessary.

trustees, the council will take any action necessary.

And I'm six feet room and then September 10th, 2026 regular session.

Um, yes. I'm concerned that we'll have more family members there to stay. Don't be at the wardens. That's space. That's, uh, they should be like 100 feet under. You're saying the ordinance says this vacant property has to be $100,000. How many times can I get it vacant? Needs to be what?

And just give you all these properties that needs to be taken care of. What do you mean by that? Included in Cedar Ferry. It's not any right of way, because all of this is a program. It's taken up that for instance. We're all in Union Street now. Brian. That used to be in . Now it's just, there's another one.

Mm-hmm. Yes, for what I'm saying is that we've got staff who are going for us, and they know we're not going to call you because they are afraid. They don't go, well, if you call me, I'm going to call you. I also want all the city workers to know that they can also contact as the council members, but if they have a problem, that they are covered. They can come and see us. There was another thing, I forget. Yeah, no, I can't help. Go get on that, I remember. Why don't we get those out there? Better for you to have to stay at work because they're doing what they need to.

I thought we needed these people to see instead of having to do one house.

They're not doing that every day. They can schedule events, and it's one day, and it's done. I understand that. But that time that they're using, they can be doing other things that they're supposed to. In my opinion, it's different. Can we just look back about it?

All right, let's just try to get into some of the comments. All right. Please. Go ahead. I had somebody contact me about the possibility of putting street lights on Old Dixie Highway. He said the poles were already there on the left side, and that we could get with Duke Energy maybe and get them to help us put in lights.

Okay. I'll inform you of that. I wish that we could. Yeah, I'm close to all of them. It is very dark at night. Mm-hmm. Yeah. John, where are we at? We're getting that vegetation from off of the gate. I'm going to have to wait for it to dry up and come here.

Yeah, and listen to the community. And they would rather we just rest it. What John had suggested, I don't think we need to cut it. They said, we want you to leave it. And everyone else, I mean, I think they need to prove themselves. And once they have made it, the community will check it.

Yeah, yeah. Just research on it. They got cable in all over the place. Hurricanes. Power poles. Yeah. Cable lines, et cetera. Yeah.

It is something. It's not that great. It is.