ADA City Council Budget Meeting

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CITY COUNCIL CITY OF BONITA SPRINGS TENTATIVE MILLAGE AND BUDGET HEARING OFFICIAL AGENDA SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 5:05 P.M. BONITA SPRINGS FIRE CONTROL AND RESCUE DISTRICT 27701 BONITA GRANDE DRIVE BONITA SPRINGS, FL 34135 PUBLIC COMMENT AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL, PHONE AND IN PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES Due to social distancing guidelines, please email the City at CITYMEETINGS@CITYOFBONITASPRINGS.ORG in order to: 1. Submit your comment in writing prior to the meeting; or 2. Provide your name and telephone number to participate by phone during the meeting. A member of staff will contact you prior to the meeting with call-in instructions. Also, please indicate in your email which meeting you would like to participate by phone. PLEASE INCLUDE THE MEETING DATE IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL. ALL EMAILS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY 10:00 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2020. CLICK HERE to watch the meeting online, or visit the City’s website at WWW.CITYOFBONITASPRINGS.ORG and click “How do I?” and then click “Watch a meeting live” to access the live stream. Interested parties may also attend the public hearing in person to provide comments in accordance with the City’s code or as those provisions may be modified by the City Council. Social distancing and other centers for disease control (CDC) and Florida Department of Health (FDOH) guidelines pertaining to COVID-19 will be followed and observed. ************************************************************************************* I. Call to Order. II. Pledge of Allegiance. III. Roll Call. IV. Public Comment. V. Overview of the Tentative millage and budget public hearing. (Greensheet No. 20-09-244) VI. Council discussion of the tentative millage and tentative budget. A. Presentation by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office regarding current levels of service for the City of Bonita Springs Community Policing Unit. (Purdon; Greensheet No. 20-09-267)  B. Discussion regarding a placeholder of $500,000 in FY25-26 through FY29-30 for the Baseball Complex Masterplan. (Purdon; Greensheet 20-09-269) C. Discussion regarding compensation of City Manager. (Mayor Simmons; Greensheet No. 20-09-268) VII. Announcement of the percentage, if any, that the recalculated proposed millage exceeds the rolled-back rate. VIII. A Resolution of the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, adopting the tentative levying of ad valorem taxes for the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, for Fiscal Year 2020-2021; establishing the date, time and place for a final hearing to adopt the final ad valorem taxes for Fiscal Year 2020-2021; and providing an effective date. (Greensheet No. 20-09-245) IX. A Resolution of the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, adopting the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and providing an effective date. (greensheet no. 20- 09-246) X. Public Comment. XI. Adjournment. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS AT ANY OF THE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT SHOULD CONTACT MEG WEISS, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AT 239-949-6262, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE BY THE COUNCIL IN ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING/HEARING, SUCH PERSON MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS TO BE MADE, TO INCLUDE THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH ANY SUCH APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. NOTE: AGENDAS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEW, AND THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED AT http://www.cityofbonitasprings.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=13788697 THIS MEETING IS TELEVISED ON COMCAST CHANNEL 98. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW THE MEETING ON HOTWIRE CHANNEL 398; CENTURY LINK/PRISM TV CHANNEL 87; AND SUMMIT BROADBAND CHANNEL 96.