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Palm Bay council approves ethics ordinance, housing aid increase and infrastructure contracts; creates citizens task force
Summary
Palm Bay council this meeting approved a post-employment restrictions ordinance, raised Local Housing Assistance Plan award limits, authorized a major pipe rehabilitation procurement and a renegotiated cell-tower lease that adds revenue, and voted to create a Citizens Accountability Task Force to review budgets.
The Palm Bay City Council approved a series of measures aimed at tightening ethics rules, expanding housing assistance and investing in infrastructure during its regular council meeting.
The council adopted Ordinance 2025-27, a second-reading ordinance that bars many former municipal senior managers from appearing before city boards for compensation for two years after leaving office and adds contracting restrictions for certain senior positions. Miss Smith introduced the ordinance as a targeted ethics measure defining senior management to include the city manager, deputy city manager, city attorney, deputy city attorney, city clerk, deputy city clerk, city engineer and department heads and providing a waiver process. The motion to adopt was moved by Councilman Langevin and seconded by Deputy Mayor Jaffe; the…
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