The Fort Pierce City Commission took the following recorded actions on Monday, Jan. 6, 2024. Motions were made and votes recorded on each item as indicated.

Key votes and outcomes

- Resolution 25-R05 (King's Landing villas sale): Approved (see separate coverage). Vote: 4-1 (Broderick, Johnson, Taylor, Mayor Hudson yes; Gaines no).

- Item 11d: Approval of an interlocal agreement between St. Lucie County and the City of Fort Pierce regarding non-annexation of airport property (historical interlocal annexation understanding). Motion to approve carried by roll call; unanimous yes.

- Item 11e: Change Order No. 2 for Task Authorization No. 4 with K:Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., not to exceed $49,980, for Indian River Drive historic downtown waterfront corridor infrastructure design (additional soil borings and bridge/pavement work). Motion approved by roll call; unanimous yes.

- Item 11g: Arts and Cultural Advisory Board recommendation to sponsor the Highwaymen Festival in the amount of $20,000 and to solicit bids for a mural on the Highwaymen Museum. Motion approved by roll call; unanimous yes.

- Ordinance 25-001 (First reading): Codification of the economic development ad valorem tax exemption into city code (implements voter-authorized exemption mechanisms). Motion to approve first reading carried by roll call; unanimous yes.

- Ordinance 25-007 and Ordinance 25-008 (First readings): Amendments to Chapter 103 (building and housing regulations) to provide public access to the International Property Maintenance Code and to mobile/manufactured home repair and remodeling guidelines; both items advanced on first reading by roll call; unanimous yes. Staff noted a separate step with the state to change the freeboard requirement from 1 foot to 2 feet for new construction in special flood hazard areas pending state approval.

- Resolution 25-R01: Appointment of Christopher Whiting to the Fort Pierce Planning Board (Commissioner Broderick's appointment). Motion approved by roll call; unanimous yes.

- Resolution 25-R02: City asserted no objection to St. Lucie County abandoning portions of unnamed rights-of-way within the plat of Saint James Park. Motion approved by roll call; unanimous yes.

- Resolution 25-R03: Appointment to fill the unexpired term on the FPA Board; Pearl Davis confirmed by roll call vote.

- Resolution 25-R06: Renewal of lease for office space in City Hall for the U.S. representative's local office; renewal approved by roll call (commission voted yes; rent cited as $250/month).

Procedural/consent notes

- The commission approved the balance of the consent agenda with items 11d, 11e and 11g pulled for separate consideration.

- Appointments and administrative resolutions were moved and approved primarily by motion and roll-call with unanimous support on the items listed above (except the King's Landing vote noted separately).

Sources and next steps

Each action listed above is recorded in the official minutes and staff follow-up was directed for implementation as appropriate (for example, staff to manage the K:Kimley-Horn change order and to solicit mural bids for the Highwaymen Museum). Items that were first readings of ordinances will return for second reading/adoption at a subsequent meeting as required by the municipal code and state law.