During open forum at the council meeting, resident and frequent public‑records requester Brad McCoy delivered an extended statement sharply criticizing the city's public‑records practices and signaling legal action.

McCoy said he had reviewed city policies, the employee handbook, Florida statutes and Attorney General opinions and had filed "hundreds" of public‑records requests; he alleged requests now sit open for months, that documents previously marked "no records" are later discovered only after he pushed back, and that the city has charged extraordinary fees when records are later produced. "These repeated violations are not clerical errors. They are systemic and deliberate," McCoy said during his three‑minute public comment.

He also said the city lacks a functioning archiving policy for text messages and other digital communications, and he warned council his first lawsuit addressing only one of many violations was filed last week. McCoy urged Council to review records policies against state law, create a mandatory archiving policy for texts and other electronic communications, audit denied requests, and adopt clear fee standards.

Council did not respond substantively from the dais beyond acknowledging the comment; staff and the City Attorney's Office may be asked to respond in follow‑up communications or at a future meeting.