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Royal Palm Beach council approves lighting upgrades, zoning amendments and a 5% merit for village manager
Summary
The council unanimously approved several consent-item contracts and budget transfers for street and sports-field lighting, adopted two ordinances updating lighting regulations and reasonable-accommodation procedures, and granted Village Manager Ray Liggins a 5% merit raise.
At its May 21 meeting the Village Council of Royal Palm Beach approved a package of consent items, adopted two ordinances and awarded a 5% merit increase to Village Manager Ray Liggins.
Consent agenda details: the clerk read a multi-item consent agenda that included Resolution No. 26-11 (a budget amendment transferring $550,000 from fund 304 undesignated fund balance to a street and site light fixture replacement project PR2508, and $80,000 from Katz Field electric R&R PR2609 to PR2508). The council authorized a piggyback purchase agreement with Musco Sports Lighting LLC for sports-lighting equipment and materials not to exceed $421,512, and approved a contract with Kewano Builders Corporation (low responsive bidder) in the amount of $162,345 to install sports field lighting at the Katz Soccer Field Complex. The council also authorized change orders (one noted at $47,243.08 for sewer manhole risers and excess millings disposal and another change order later reflected as $51,191.20) and a five‑year lease agreement with Camellia Drive Holdings LLC for a 734.4 square‑foot parcel adjacent to Camellia Park. Council members pulled some consent items for discussion, confirmed the delivery and construction timeline (materials in about six weeks; up to 60 days for construction after delivery) and approved the pulled items unanimously.
Ordinances: The village attorney read ordinance 1067 (amending Chapter 6 — buildings and building regulations — to rename and update lighting requirements). After council questions about enforcement and complaint-driven nighttime observations, the council adopted the ordinance on second reading by unanimous vote. The council also adopted ordinance 1071, amending Chapter 26 (zoning) to expand definitions and procedures for reasonable-accommodation requests for certified recovery residences and to codify case-law-based requirements; that measure passed unanimously.
Personnel action: The council completed its statutorily required annual review of Village Manager Ray Liggins. Members praised his long-range financial planning, project management and staff leadership, and after individual comments and tallies moved and seconded to provide a 5% merit increase (the contract allows 0–5% based on performance). The motion passed unanimously.
Votes at a glance: - Consent agenda (items 1–3, 6, 7): approved unanimously (motion by Councilmember Samuels; second recorded in the minutes). - Pulled consent items (4, 5, 8 — budget amendment, Musco purchase, Kewano contract): approved unanimously after staff timeline clarification. - Consent item 9 (change order): approved unanimously. - Ordinance 1067 (lighting regulations): adopted unanimously on second reading. - Ordinance 1071 (reasonable accommodations for certified recovery residences): adopted unanimously. - Manager merit increase: 5% approved unanimously.
The meeting adjourned after the votes. The approvals for lighting equipment and contractor work put the Katz Soccer Field lighting replacement on a timetable to begin after equipment delivery and contractor mobilization; staff indicated the material delivery is expected in about six weeks and construction may take up to 60 days after delivery.
