City Council
Regular MeetingClearwater, FL · September 18, 2017
Agenda
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Meeting Agenda
Monday, September 18, 2017
6:00 PM
Council Chambers
City Council
City Council Meeting Agenda September 18, 2017
Welcome. We are glad to have you join us. If you wish to speak, please wait to be recognized, then
state your name and address. Persons speaking before the City Council shall be limited to three (3)
minutes unless otherwise noted under Public Hearings. For other than Citizens to be heard regarding
items not on the Agenda, a spokesperson for a group may speak for three (3) minutes plus an
additional minute for each person in the audience that waives their right to speak, up to a maximum of
ten (10) minutes. Prior to the item being presented, please obtain the needed form to designate a
spokesperson from the City Clerk (right-hand side of dais). Up to sixty minutes of public comment will
be allowed for an agenda item. No person shall speak more than once on the same subject unless
granted permission by the City Council. The City of Clearwater strongly supports and fully complies
with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please advise us at least 48 hours prior to the meeting
if you require special accommodations at 727-562-4090. Assisted Listening Devices are available.
Kindly refrain from using cell phones and other electronic devices during the meeting.
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Special recognitions and Presentations (Proclamations, service awards, or other
special recognitions. Presentations by governmental agencies or groups providing
formal updates to Council will be limited to ten minutes.)
4.1 ID#17-3878 Staff Appreciation for Hurricane Irma Efforts
4.2 ID#17-3881 Duke Energy Update - Jeff Baker, Duke Energy
4.3 ID#17-3821 Homelessness Needs Assessment and Recommendations - Dr. Robert G.
Marbut Jr., Ph.D., Marbut Consulting
5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 ID#17-3752 Approve the minutes of the September 7, 2017 City Council Meeting as
submitted in written summation by the City Clerk.
6. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda
Public Hearings - Not before 6:00 PM
7. Second Readings - Public Hearing
7.1 9075-17 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9075-17 on second reading, declaring the millage rate to be
rdg levied for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017 and ending September 30,
2018 to be 5.1550 Mills.
7.2 9076-17 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9076-17 on second reading, adopting an Operating Budget for
rdg the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017 and ending September 30, 2018.
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7.3 9077-17 2nd Adopt Ordinance 9077-17 on second reading, adopting the Capital Improvement
rdg Program Budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017 and ending
September 30, 2018.
8. City Manager Reports
8.1 9078-17 & Amend the City’s fiscal year 2016/17 Operating and Capital Improvement
9079-17 Budgets at third quarter and pass Ordinances 9078-17 and 9079-17 on first
reading.
8.2 ID#17-3810 Approve a contract with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Largo, Florida in
the amount of $503,179.00 plus contingency of $26,821.00, for latent fingerprint,
crime scene processing, evidence and property storage and Pinellas Juvenile
Assessment Center services, during the one-year contract period commencing
October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, and authorize the appropriate
officials to execute same.
8.3 ID#17-3804 Approve the renewal of a Software Support Agreement for the TriTech
Computer Aided Dispatch System, in the amount of $180,930.56, for a
12-month period beginning October 1, 2017 and ending September 30, 2018,
and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
8.4 ID#17-3850 Approve the First Addendum between Religious Community Services (RCS),
Inc. and the City of Clearwater, Florida, a municipal corporation, modifying the
monthly billing maximum to $2,500.00, with the City’s maximum liability not to
exceed $15,000.00, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
8.5 ID#17-3775 Approve a Contract (Blanket Purchase Order) to Hose and Hydraulics, Inc. of
Clearwater, FL in the amount of $225,000 annually for the purchase of
replacement hydraulic parts, repairs and service for vehicles and equipment
used by city departments, in accordance with Sec. 2.564(1)(d), Other
Government Entities Bids, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute
same.
8.6 ID#17-3880 Approve an Interlocal Agreement between Pinellas County Emergency Medical
Services Authority and City of Clearwater to provide water rescue services to
the citizens of Pinellas County, and authorize the appropriate officials to
execute same.
9. City Attorney Reports
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9.1 17-27 Request the Pinellas County Legislative Delegation to initiate legislation by
Special Act, amending chapter 11050, Laws of Florida (1925) (as
amended by 2007-312, and 2010-250, Laws of Florida) to allow certain
uses and development of specified city-owned lands in accordance with
the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan, titled Imagine Clearwater, removing
certain restrictions on the use of said lands and adopt Resolution 17-27.
9.2 ID#17-3876 Extend the Declaration of a State of Emergency and emergency procurement
procedures and adopt Resolution 17-33.
10. Closing comments by Councilmembers (limited to 3 minutes)
11. Closing Comments by Mayor
12. Adjourn
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