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Town council approves dock contract, consultant task order, legislative requests and community events in unanimous votes
Summary
The Fort Myers Beach Town Council approved several administrative resolutions and routine items by unanimous votes at its Jan. 21 meeting, including a dinghy-dock contract (using an aluminum alternative), a Tetra Tech task order and the town’s 2025 legislative requests.
The Fort Myers Beach Town Council approved several administrative resolutions and routine items by unanimous votes at its Jan. 21 meeting. Councilors voted to: continue one quasi-judicial public hearing to Feb. 3; ratify a dinghy-dock construction contract with a direction to use the aluminum-dock alternative; authorize a task order with Tetra Tech for continued utilities and permit review services; approve the town’s 2025 legislative appropriation request list; and permit a recurring community yoga program.
Votes at a glance
- Continuance of quasi-judicial public hearing (special exception and related variance) to Feb. 3, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Motion: continue the public hearing to a date certain. Vote: unanimous.
- Resolution approving dinghy-dock construction agreement with Kelly Brothers, approved as amended to specify the aluminum-dock alternative (resolution 25-52, contract exhibits to be updated). Motion: approve resolution as amended to specify aluminum dock. Mover: Councilor King. Second: (record shows a second; not all speakers were named in the roll call of the motion). Vote: unanimous.
- Resolution authorizing STA No. 8 with Tetra Tech for utility and permit review services in the amount cited in the packet (listed as $182,340). Motion: approve resolution 25-30 for STA No. 8. Vote: unanimous.
- Approval of the town’s 2025 legislative appropriation requests (staff to submit a packet of priority projects and work with legislative contacts). Motion: approve legislative recommendations for 2025. Vote: unanimous.
- Approval of recurring public events (yoga classes at town properties). Motion: approve recurring event permit for ‘‘Yoga with Annie’’ with conditions for scheduling and coordination with staff; council approved. Vote: unanimous.
Other routine actions: the council also approved minutes from previous meetings and cleared consent and administrative items; all recorded votes on the consent and administrative items in the meeting packet passed unanimously by voice vote.
Ending: The council handled the routine packets and moved forward on procurement and contracting items; staff will update contract exhibits, begin implementation steps and complete follow-up steps required by procurement or state law for the task order and legislative submittals.
