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Votes at a glance: Ocala City Council actions on July 1, 2025
Summary
The council approved multiple procurement and land-use items, postponed several public hearings to July 15, and adopted a community development district expansion. This roundup lists motions taken, identified movers/seconds when not specified as "so moved," and the recorded roll-call votes where available from the meeting transcript.
At its July 1 meeting the Ocala City Council took a series of formal actions: it approved the consent agenda; postponed five public hearings to July 15; adopted a PD amendment resolution to allow a 45-foot right-of-way and other minor reductions for a proposed 55-home development; adopted an ordinance expanding the Ridge at Heath Brook Community Development District; approved multiple task work orders, professional service updates and a budget resolution; awarded several two-year service contracts; approved the purchase of five electric transit buses; approved employee benefit renewals; and authorized a city attorney-requested satisfaction and release of an aged lien to permit a pending property closing.
Key council actions (motion text condensed where needed):
- Consent agenda approved (roll call recorded: Mister Leslie, Mister Bethea, Mister Hilty, Mister Mansfield, Miss Dreyer — all "Aye").
- Postponement: Council moved and seconded to postpone public hearing items 9(a) through 9(e) to July 15, 2025. Vote recorded as unanimous among present members who answered the roll call on that item (Mister Musley, Mister Hilty, Mister Bethea, Mister Mansfield, Miss Dreyer — all "Aye").
- Adopted Resolution (Item 9f) amending the PD plan for PD24-45735 (55 single-family homes). Presentation by Emily Johnson, senior planner. Roll call recorded as: Mister Hilty (Aye), Mister Mansfield (Aye), Mister Bethea (Aye), Mister Musley (Aye), Miss Dreyer (Aye). Outcome: approved.
- Adopted Ordinance 2025-32 (Item 9g) to expand the boundaries of the Ridge at Heath Brook Community Development District pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes. Senior planner Emily Johnson reported the expansion adds 29.142 acres to bring the CDD to 104.938 acres and projects a total of 391 residential units. Roll call: Mister Musley (Aye), Mister Mansfield (Aye), Mister Bethea (Aye), Mister Hilty (Aye), Miss Dreyer (Aye). Outcome: adopted.
- Approved additional expenditures and Task Work Order No. 3 with Architecture Studio, Inc. (Item 10a). Presentation by City Engineer Sean Lanier. Roll-call approval recorded with present members responding "Aye." Outcome: approved.
- Approved Task Work Order No. 43 with Kimley-Horn and Associates (reclaimed water master plan update) (Item 10b). Outcome: approved; roll-call recorded "Aye" by present members.
- Approved Task Work Order No. 44 with Kimley-Horn (water reclamation facility biosolids evaluation update) (Item 10c). Outcome: approved; roll-call recorded "Aye."
- Adopted Budget Resolution 2025-163 to fund the three water/wastewater task work orders and related professional services for the remainder of the fiscal year (Item 10d). Staff said this resolution provides the funding for prior agenda items. Outcome: approved by roll call (present members responded "Aye").
- Approved awards for two-year citywide painting services contracts (Item 10e) to Chinese Connection Painting, Inc.; Lamphere Company; and Overall Contractors Group, Inc. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approved contract award to PowerServe Technologies, Inc. to supply microprocessor-based protective relays and panels for Ocala Electric Utility substations (Item 10f). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approved a two-year pavement striping/thermoplastic contract for small jobs (Item 10g) (Brian Bombasi LLC/Bambasay referenced in the presentation). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approved purchase of five electric buses from Gillig LLC for $6,264,500 for transit fleet expansion (Item 10h). Transit administrator Tom Duncan said Gillig offered the best value for battery capacity and range. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approved employee-paid and city-paid insurance plan renewals and broker recommendations for fiscal year 2026 (Item 10i). The city's portion of employer-paid basic life and AD&D was stated as $175,500; flexible spending administration $11,345; employee assistance $19,709. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- City Attorney request: Council approved satisfaction and release of a 2012 nuisance abatement lien after the parties agreed to pay an agreed amount to satisfy the record lien. Outcome: approved by roll call.
Several of these items were described and presented by city staff (see provenance below). Most votes recorded in the transcript were unanimous among members present on the roll calls for each item; the meeting transcript records the individual "Aye" votes when the clerk called the roll.
