Next City Council Meeting on Thursday August 3rd
July 29, 2017
The next City Council Meeting will be on Thursday Aug. 3rd at 7pm in City Hall.
Agenda Highlights:
- Appointing Members of the Charter Committee
- New Ordinance on the Operation of Mobile Food Trucks
- Changing/introducing new fees
Announcements/Presentations include recognition items
Consent Agenda includes:
- Resolution 57, 2017 which Repeals Resolution 20, 2012 which was deemed to be unconstitutional, and was discussed at last month’s Council meeting.
- Resolution 51, 2017 Lease of Golf Carts with GPS from Club Car, LLC and financed through Leasing 2, Inc. – Replacing the leasing of 86 Yamaha Golf Carts for Sandhill Crane Golf Club with the same number of golf carts from Club Car, LLC due to failure to find a permanent resolution to issues with the carts from Yahama.
- Renewal of two Purchase awards, for Group Health Insurance Plan (Self-Funded) – Stop Loss Insurance Coverage with Symetra Life Ins Co, and for Independent Auditing Services with Marcum LLP
- Purchase Award for Technical Service Support for EKG/AEDs and Lucas CPR Systems, single source with vendor for $136K
- Purchase Award for Emergency Medical Services – Third-Party Billing Services, openly competed, 5-year contract with option to renew for another 5 years. $2 million per year.
- Purchase Award for Hospitality Staffing Services for Sandhill Crane Golf Club, openly competed, 5-year contract with option to renew for another 5 years. $200k per year.
- Purchase Award for Emergency Food Catering Services (Pre-Event Packaged Meals) – with bid waiver, for sole source – for $100K per year for 5 years
City Manager Report – no details listed
Public Hearings and Resolutions:
- Resolution 44, 2017 – Adoption of the City’s One-Year Annual Action Plan to Obtain Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD) and Amendment to Citizen Participation Plan – the plan must be submitted annually to maintain the grant. The City is eligible to receive approximately $187,726 for fiscal year 2017-2018.
- Ordinance 17, 2017 – First reading of amendments to Chapter 78, Land Development Regulations to specify regulations pertaining to the operation and sale of food from Mobile Food Trucks within in the City of Palm Beach Gardens.
- Resolution 48, 2017 – Adopting the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Fees and Charges Schedule – the proposed changes include an Art in Public Places Application Fee, Mobile Food Truck Permit and Renewal Fees, and increases in fees for unnecessary false alarms.
- Resolution 50, 2017 – Appointing Members to the Charter Review Committee – each council member will nominate members and the entire council will vote on each nominee. The committee will consist of 5 members who are charged with providing their final report of Charter Change recommendations in October 2017. The names under consideration are listed in the resolution, which also lists the time-table in order to have any changes on the ballot for March 2018 Uniform Municipal Elections.
Check the agenda to see if any additional items have been added before the meeting here.