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Votes at a glance: Lake Wales commission approves audit, charter amendment first reading, special exception and consent items
Summary
The City of Lake Wales commission voted to accept the annual audit, approved a charter amendment on runoff elections at first reading, and approved a special exception for a multi-family planned development; consent agenda passed as offered.
The City of Lake Wales City Commission took several unanimous or voice-vote actions during its meeting, including accepting the annual audit and advancing a charter amendment that would create runoff elections for city offices.
The commission’s independent auditors presented a clean audit with an unmodified opinion and no findings of noncompliance. The commission accepted the audit report by voice vote; staff said no formal action beyond presentation was required, but the commission moved and accepted the report as presented.
On ordinance matters, the commission held a first reading and approved Ordinance 2025-03, amending Section 8.06 of the City Charter to provide for runoff elections when no candidate receives a majority of ballots. The item was approved on first reading by roll call. No members of the public spoke on the ordinance; the commission noted that local voters had previously approved the measure at 75 percent in a related context.
The commission also approved a special exception use permit and the first reading of a planned development (multi-family) project; commissioners said the project had been thoroughly discussed at a prior work session and advanced on a roll-call vote. The consent agenda passed by a voice vote with no items pulled for separate discussion.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript included roll-call approvals listing Deputy Mayor Gibson; Commissioner Thompson; Commissioner Williams; Commissioner Gillespie; and Mayor Hillgoss as voting yes on the roll-call items. The audit acceptance and consent agenda were recorded as voice votes with the motion carrying.
Staff also noted during manager remarks that the commission previously approved a planned development (PDP) related to Grossman and closed on a separate lot sale at Longleaf Business Park (see separate article).
