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Winter Haven moves budget amendment ordinance O-26-09 to second reading, outlines rail spur and City Hall annex costs
Summary
City Attorney read Ordinance O-26-09 to amend FY2025-26 appropriations for three items: a $3.3 million rail-spur project (with a $1.5 million state job-growth grant), a $4.02 million City Hall annex renovation (GMP) and a $57,872.47 emergency fire-alarm replacement at the police building; the commission set March 9 for second reading.
At the Feb. 23 meeting the City Attorney read Ordinance O-26-09 by title, a first-reading budget amendment that would reallocate funds for several planned projects.
City Manager summarized the items in the ordinance: a rail spur connection at the Intermodal Logistics Park with a total estimated cost of $3,300,202 to be funded in part by a state's job-growth grant of $1,500,000 and a $100,000 general-fund transfer; the City Hall Annex renovation (the old Fire Station No. 1) with a guaranteed maximum price of $4,021,235 and $2,000,000 budgeted for the project requiring a $2,021,235 amendment from the construction fund; and an emergency purchase of a fire alarm system for the police department building costing $57,872.47 to be funded from anticipated excess general-fund revenues.
Staff recommended the commission move O-26-09 to a second reading and the commission scheduled that second reading for March 9. No final adoption occurred at the Feb. 23 meeting.
What happens next: The ordinance returns for a formal second reading and potential adoption on March 9; staff will finalize documents and the city manager or designee will be authorized to sign related agreements if the ordinance is adopted.
