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Votes at a glance: Cooper City Commission actions on April agenda
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken during the Cooper City Commission meeting including approvals for Taco Bell site plan and sign waiver, camera equipment funding changes, police captain appointment, turf replacement at Bill Lips Park, multiple procurement actions, a utility agreement, and a directive to hold a workshop on swale/RV enforcement.
The Cooper City Commission took the following formal actions at the meeting (motions passed unless noted):
- Approve site plan (Item 4) and sign package/sign waiver (Item 5) for Taco Bell at Cooper City Commons (2500 Pine Island Road). Vote: 5‑0.
- Direct staff to schedule a public workshop and draft ordinance language addressing swale, boat/RV and commercial vehicle parking/enforcement (public comment direction). Consensus to proceed; no ordinance adopted at meeting.
- Approve Smart Camera equipment purchase sponsored by BSO but remove pool & tennis center cameras and allow BSO to reallocate that funding to higher‑priority locations (e.g., utility plant). Vote: 4‑1 (Commissioner Mallozzi voted no).
- Approve board appointment (Education Advisory Board) and multiple consent agenda items (Items 7–12), with Item 13 (Smart Camera funding) considered separately.
- Approve motion to authorize upgraded athletic‑field renovations (Bill Lips Park) limited to those fields included in the FY25 budget; the commission removed Sue Ellen full replacement from this authorization. Vote: 4‑1 (Commissioner Mallozzi voted no).
- Approve piggyback contract for storm drain cleaning/repair with Shenandoah General Construction LLC (Broward College RFP). Vote: unanimous.
- Approve extension of concrete/asphalt contract with Concrete Works and Pave Inc., not to exceed $399,549 (including contingency). Vote: unanimous.
- Approve reclassification and pay‑plan adjustments for park maintenance worker 1‑3 to align with street maintenance pay scale. Vote: 3‑2 (Commissioner Schroeder and Mayor Curran voted no).
- Approve utility access and consent agreement with Central Broward Water Control District (Resolution 25‑17). Vote: 4‑1 (Commissioner Mallozzi voted no).
- Approve water agreement with 65 91 Ranches LLC for 2.5 ERCs conditioned on staff and city attorney updating the template language and pursuing interim CPI adjustments to outdated hookup fees while initiating a full fee study. Vote: 4‑1 (Commissioner Katzmann voted no).
- Appoint Andrea Tienga as Cooper City police captain (BSO assignment). Vote: 5‑0.
Staff will return with contract edits, camera technical follow‑up, fee‑study timeline, and draft ordinance language following the workshop on swale enforcement.
