At the meeting, the Venice City Council recorded votes on several ordinances, a first-reading ordinance and three resolutions. All recorded votes passed unanimously.
Key outcomes:
- Consent agenda (including item 25-0404 after it was removed and reconsidered): approved unanimously. The council initially removed item 25-0404 for questions, then approved it as part of the consent motion after discussion.
- Ordinance 2025-34 (zoning-map amendment petition 25-42RZ): approved and adopted after public hearing; vote recorded as unanimous.
- Ordinance 2025-35 (land development code text amendment implementing statutory changes to plat procedures): approved and adopted after public hearing; unanimous vote recorded.
- Ordinance 2025-41 (new local code section for milestone inspections of condominiums and cooperatives three stories or more, to comply with Florida Statute changes): approved on first reading and scheduled for final reading; unanimous vote recorded.
- Resolution 2025-25 (reducing recycling program surcharge from 15% to 10%): approved and adopted; unanimous vote recorded.
- Resolution 2025-26 (amendment No. 3 to a FDOT public-transportation grant agreement related to Venice Municipal Airport master-plan update): approved and adopted; unanimous vote recorded.
- Resolution 2025-27 (State Revolving Fund loan program authorization and related findings): approved and adopted; unanimous vote recorded.
- Authorized purchase-and-sale agreement for drainage easement from Edmond and Debbie Campbell (see separate article for full context): motion moved by Vice Mayor Jim Bolt, seconded by Councilor Smith, approved unanimously; staff noted a 90-day close window.
No recorded votes failed or were tabled during the meeting. Where individual roll-call entries were not read into the transcript, the clerk displayed unanimous tallies on the electronic voting system.
The council also completed several proclamations and promotions (ceremonial) and heard public comments; those matters did not require separate roll-call votes.