The council reviewed a resolution granting Florida Power & Light an underground easement to provide electrical service to a planned cellular tower in the Wellington Preserve.

Public works staff described the easement as a standard step required for FPL to extend power to the new tower and said the village would not incur a direct cost from granting the easement. "There's no cost to the village, no impact to us, except that we're granting them an easement," said Mr. Rheinsvold, the presenting staff member.

Staff also gave an implementation timeline for the broader cell-tower program. According to the presentation, the village has preconstruction meetings, contractors and materials in place for several sites. Staff said they expect to start work at the Owsley and Greenbrier sites in the next few weeks, with at least three of five planned sites under construction before year end. They estimated tower erection would take two to three months and carriers would need an additional four to six weeks to install equipment before the towers become operational.

Why it matters: the easement is a required local step to deliver power to new communications infrastructure that staff and council say will improve cellular coverage in the village.

Council members asked how to accelerate deployments; staff said recording the easement quickly facilitates permitting and construction. Staff noted an outstanding easement issue with Palm Beach Central School for one site; that parcel remains a dependency for the school-site tower.

The easement resolution was presented for council approval; the provided transcript records the staff presentation and schedule but does not show a final vote.