The Seminole Municipal Authority and City Council approved multiple infrastructure payments during the joint meeting.

On the municipal authority agenda the board voted to pay Crossland Heavy Contractors Invoice #13 — $388,667.99 — and Wall Engineering Invoice #23 — $22,083.55 — for work at the Seminole Wastewater Treatment Plant. Both motions were moved, seconded and passed by unanimous roll-call votes.

On the city council agenda, members approved payment to Silver Star Construction Co. Inc. for two invoices tied to project CVVG-cI-00022 (Lakeland Pools parking lot and truck access): invoice #35792 for $52,560 and invoice #35793R for $34,518.93, for a combined total of $87,078.93. A councilmember asked why the city was funding work tied to the Latham/Lakeland Pools project; staff explained the work used a HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) economic-development set-aside intended to create local jobs. A staff member referenced an earlier grant commitment in which Latham/Lakeland agreed to create 44 jobs to secure the award.

All payments were approved by roll call votes with no public opposition noted during the meeting. Council did not discuss amendments or withhold any payments during the session.

Next steps for staff include processing vendor payments and maintaining project documentation tied to the CDBG grant and municipal construction contracts.