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Port St. Joe commission approves leave policy changes, CEI contract, surplus sales and smaller budget items
Summary
At its meeting, the Port St. Joe City Commission adopted revisions to its sick-leave payout policy effective retroactive to Dec. 1, 2024, approved a contract for construction-engineering-inspection (CEI) services and authorized surplus vehicle sales and several smaller budget items.
The Port St. Joe City Commission on Jan. 8 approved several motions including a change to the city’s sick-leave payout policy, the selection of a CEI firm for a large roadway project, the declaration of surplus fleet items for sale, and several smaller budget transfers and contract approvals.
The commission voted unanimously on all recorded motions (5-0) during the meeting. Key formal actions approved included: adoption of the amended sick-leave payout schedule (retroactive to Dec. 1, 2024); a CEI services contract with Southeastern Consulting Engineering for $117,013, with $62,672.51 to be paid from city funds; approval of an alternate bid of $7,608 to add paving for the museum parking lot; declaration of city vehicles and equipment as surplus and authorization to solicit sealed bids (with an advertised option to accept 501(c)(3) donation offers before award); and a $3,710 match from the city’s repair/maintenance line to supplement a Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) contribution requested by a local group.
Votes and motions recorded during the meeting included: a motion to approve the consent agenda (minutes from Dec. 17) carried 5-0; approval of the museum-parking alternate ($7,608) carried 5-0; motion to adopt the revised leave payout language and to make the change retroactive to Dec. 1, 2024, carried 5-0; authorization to award CEI services to Southeastern Consulting Engineering ($117,013) carried 5-0; motion to declare specified vehicles and equipment surplus and accept sealed bids (with donations accepted before bid opening) carried 5-0; and a motion to contribute $3,710 from repair and maintenance funds to match CRA funding for a local project carried 5-0.
Several items on the agenda were informational updates rather than formal actions, including project updates on Monument Avenue, a larger grant-funded roadway and sewer project, FEMA/HMGP reimbursement status, and progress on the spray-field and wastewater main-line work.
The commission did not record any abstentions in the votes disclosed in the meeting transcript. Formal vote tallies reported in the meeting were uniformly 5 in favor, 0 opposed for the items put forward.
The meeting materials referenced the city personnel policy manual and grant/contract documents underlying the CEI award and grant-funded projects; those documents were discussed in the meeting packet but not attached to this summary.
