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City manager summarizes consent items: parade permit, Ritz Theatre extension and police equipment purchases
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Summary
At agenda review staff summarized consent items including an FDOT parade-permit request for the Jan. 17 MLK parade, a ratification of a use-agreement extension for the Ritz Theatre through 2044 to meet state grant eligibility, and a JAG grant and forfeiture-funded equipment purchases for the police department; staff characterized financial impacts and recommended approvals as consent items.
At the agenda review on Dec. 3 the city manager ran through consent agenda items that staff intend to place on the commission's consent calendar for the regular meeting.
Item 10a: staff requested commission authorization to submit a Florida Department of Transportation road-closure permit application for the Martin Luther King Jr. parade scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17; staff displayed the parade route and detour maps.
Item 10b: staff asked the commission to ratify a second addendum to a use agreement with Theater Winter Haven that extends the city's use agreement for the Ritz Theatre property through 2044. Staff said the extension was made to meet state grant eligibility requirements from the Florida Department of State and "doesn't change anything else," but enables the theater to pursue additional grant funding for programming and physical improvements.
Item 10e: staff described an FDLE-approved Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) reimbursement award of up to $198,395 to upgrade Winter Haven Police Department body armor with 95 units sufficient to outfit active officers; any excess cost would be paid from the department's uniform budget.
Item 10f: staff reported the citypolice forfeiture account balance at $194,503.84 and said the department plans purchases from that account: 125 Safariland SOLUS paddle holsters (estimated not to exceed $6,891.25) and two Skydio r10 patrol drones (estimated not to exceed $39,798.40). Chief Vance Monroe said police personnel will be trained and drones will be deployed across patrol shifts for daytime operations only.
Staff framed the listed items as routine consent or informational matters and recommended they be placed on the consent agenda or otherwise ratified at the regular meeting. No final commission votes on these consent items were recorded at this agenda-review session.
