Greenacres council unanimously approves sign-rule change and updated fire-inspection fees; consent agenda passes

The Greenacres City Council approved several items by unanimous voice vote at the meeting.

Ordinance 2025-07 (second reading): The council adopted an amendment to Chapter 16, Article 6 (sign regulations) to revise the period when temporary noncommercial signs related to elections may be posted. The amendment changes the start of the allowable posting period to 45 days before local, state or federal elections (previously 30 days). Millie Rivera, planner with Development and Neighborhood Services, presented the ordinance and said the change aligns the local period with voting timeframes that include vote-by-mail and early voting. Motion to approve passed unanimously.

Resolution 2025-04 (fire inspection fee schedule, City of Greenacres): Assistant Fire Marshal Tyler Wallwork presented an updated fee schedule for fire inspections and plan review services. The department has restructured fees to align them with business-tax-receipt (BTR) classifications, to cap fees (no individual fee above $500), and to create a flat $75 fee for exempt places of worship. Wallwork said the change will integrate fire-inspection fees with BTR renewals, reduce administrative burden, improve tracking and compliance, and is designed to keep overall revenue consistent with prior collections. The council voted to adopt the resolution unanimously.

Resolution 2025-05 (fire inspection fees — interlocal with City of Atlantis): The council approved a separate resolution that codifies the fee schedule and billing arrangement for the city’s interlocal inspection agreement with the City of Atlantis; Wallwork said Atlantis’s fees remain unchanged under the arrangement. The resolution passed unanimously.

Consent agenda and procedural motions: The council approved the amended meeting agenda (motion by Council member Dugo, second by Deputy Mayor Diaz) and the consent agenda (motion by Council member Tharpe, second by Council member Dugo); both motions carried unanimously.

Votes at a glance (recorded outcome): - Approve agenda as amended — motion by Council member Dugo; second by Deputy Mayor Diaz; outcome: approved unanimously (Mayor Shaw; Deputy Mayor Diaz; Council members Tharpe, Noble, Dugo, Busquay all recorded as voting yes). - Consent agenda (items 3 and 4) — motion by Council member Tharpe; second by Council member Dugo; outcome: approved unanimously. - Ordinance 2025-07, second reading (amend Chapter 16 sign regulations; temporary noncommercial sign posting window set to 45 days prior to elections) — mover not specified on the record; seconds recorded as Deputy Mayor Diaz and Council member Busquay; outcome: approved unanimously. - Resolution 2025-04 (fire inspection fee schedule, City of Greenacres) — mover not specified on the record; seconds by Deputy Mayor Diaz and Council member Tharpe; outcome: approved unanimously. - Resolution 2025-05 (interlocal billing/fee schedule with City of Atlantis) — motion by Council member Dugo; second by Council member Noble; outcome: approved unanimously.

What changed and who it affects: The sign-ordinance change extends the allowable posting period for temporary noncommercial signs related to elections to 45 days (from 30). The fee-schedule resolutions reorganize fire-inspection billing to align with BTR classifications, create a flat $75 fee for places of worship (which previously had varied), raise some small-office fees (from $50 to $60), cap large-business fees so no single business inspection fee exceeds $500, and integrate fire-inspection invoicing with annual business-tax-receipt renewals to improve collections and administrative efficiency. The City of Atlantis interlocal arrangement continues with its current fee structure, billed monthly to Atlantis.

No formal roll-call tallies were read aloud; the mayor called for voice votes on each item and announced each motion carried unanimously.