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Votes at a glance: council approves budget and utility contracts, moves consent items

April 05, 2025 | Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida


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Votes at a glance: council approves budget and utility contracts, moves consent items
The Clearwater City Council handled a series of consent and ordinance items on April 3. Below are brief summaries of formal council actions and the recorded outcomes.

Key votes and outcomes
- Event license agreement for a shred/medication take-back event at Countryside Mall (Agenda 6.2): Motion to approve passed unanimously.
- Duke Energy underground conversion and utility relocation agreement for Myrtle Avenue from Cleveland Street to Court Street (Agenda 6.4): Council approved an agreement in the amount of $671,431.56 to replace overhead power lines with new underground distribution; vote unanimous.
- Purchase of fire apparatus (Agenda 7.1): Council approved the $4,378,595.86 purchase (see separate article).
- Second reading — operating budget ordinance amendment (Agenda 8.5): Ordinance number 9819-25 (as listed in the agenda) amending the operating budget for FY ending 09/30/2025 to reflect revenue and expenditure changes for several funds was approved on second reading, unanimous vote.
- Second reading — capital improvement budget amendment (Agenda 8.6): Council approved an increase of $10,723,638 in the capital improvement budget on second reading; unanimous vote.
- Annexation and zoning (Agenda 8.3 and 8.4): Second readings approved annexation of property at 2039 Poinsettia Avenue and corresponding future land-use and zoning changes (LMDR) on unanimous votes.

Consent procedure and pulled items: Council moved the consent agenda with two items pulled earlier in the meeting. Several speakers asked that certain items be pulled for discussion; staff and council addressed technical questions before votes.

What this means: The votes advance approved budget adjustments and capital work and authorize specific contracts. The approved Duke Energy undergrounding agreement is intended to move overhead lines underground on a defined downtown block; the budget ordinances formalize adjustments cited in staff reports.

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