AGENDA
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
OCTOBER 9, 2012
1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of Agenda
3. Items Removed from Consent Agenda
4. CONSENT AGENDA:
(a) Minutes of September 11, 2012 and September 28, 2012
(b) Police Report and Fire Report
(c) Financial Report
(d) Resolution of Appreciation to County Commissioner Roy Ellis for His Service as a County Representative on the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council since January 2000
(e) Community Planning Month Proclamation
(f) Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation
(g) Approval of Contract for Audit Services
(h) Authorization to Solicit Bids for Provision of Information Technology (IT) Services
(i) Authorization to Solicit Bids for Provision of Engineering Services to Review, Approve and Oversee the Construction of Playground Equipment at a Park on Martin Luther King Jr., Drive
(j) Approval to Contract with Aramark Uniform Services
(k) Approval of Letter of Agreement with LAR-DON Consultants for Continued Use of Operator Qualification Sheets by Natural Gas Department Employees
(l) Authorization to Explore Converting City Vehicles to Natural Gas as a Cost-Savings Measure
(m) Authorization to Study Possible Amendment to City Ordinance Regarding Signage on Public Rights-of-Way
(n) Approval of Form to Evaluate the City Manager
(o) A Resolution Concerning Amendment 4 to the Florida Constitution that, If Adopted, Would Create Additional Inequities in Florida’s Tax System by Granting Certain Tax Breaks to Some Taxpayers at the Expense of Other Taxpayers
5. Citizen’s Participation (6:00 p.m.)
6. Briefing on Florida Department of Transportation’s Project to Improve the Intersection of Highways 90, 145 and 53 (Community Development Director and Police Chief)
7. Public Hearing and Possible Approval of Resolution 2012-12 Approving Bonds for Escambia County Housing Finance Authority Relative to the Renovation of Madison Heights Apartments (Elbert Jones, Executive Director, Escambia County Housing Finance Authority)
8. Discuss and Possibly Approve a Contract with Energy Vision Regarding Natural Gas Services (City Manager)
9. Discuss and Possibly Approve a Recommendation Regarding Contracting with a Supplier of Natural Gas (City Manager)
10. Discuss and Possibly Approve a Plan to Celebrate the City’s 175th Anniversary (City Manager)
11. Discuss and Possibly Approve Eliminating the Annual Allocation of $3,000 to the City of Madison’s Volunteer Firefighter Organization (City Manager)
12. Discuss and Possibly Approve Transactions Involving Houses Owned by the City (City Manager)
13. Discuss and Possibly Approve City/County Joint Operation of the Wardlaw-Smith-Goza Conference Center (City Manager)
14. Discuss and Possibly Adopt First Reading of Ordinance No. 2012-6 Involving Access to OakRidge Cemetery (City Manager)
15. Discuss and Possibly Approve a Memorandum of Agreement with Suwannee River Water Management District (City Manager)
16. City Manager’s Report
17. Other Items of Interest to the Commission
18. Adjourn
All times on the agenda are approximate.
Any person who decides to appeal any decision made by the commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, he or she may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
Names of persons requesting items to be placed on this agenda are shown in parentheses.
