Town of Fort White Town Council Meeting

tIc7roueP s(ur(&c TOWN OF FORT WHITE, FLORIDA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DATE: April 7, 2025 TIME: 6:00PM ALL AGENDA BACKUP MATERIAL. IS AVAILABLE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT TAB/TOWN COUNCIL AT www.fortwhitefl.com. INVOCATION CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL MEMBERS: OTHERS: Mayor, George Jacob Thomas Town Clerk, Vacant Council Member, Kathryn Terry Town Attorney, Lindsey Lander Council Member, Monica Merricks Council Member, Bill Koon ITEM 1-ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CHANGES, AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Motion to approve agenda with below amendments made by Council member Koon, seconded by Council member Terry. Passed unanimously. Added: Item 4—Audiovisual Item 5—Profit and loss Item 6— Dump truck and backhoe reversion agreement Item 7—Sewage Update Item 8—Town Clerk Salary Item ito Councilmember Comments — Community yard sale update. ITEM 2— APPROVAL OF MINUTES: None. ITEM 3- PUBLIC COMMENTS Lonnie Harrell — stated there was conflicting information about Mainstreet. Stew Lilker— Mentioned that the shades are not open in Town Hall during the day and stated that there are cameras in Town Hall. Bea Koker — spoke to see that Fort White would proclaim Youth Leadership week. ITEM 4- NEW BUSINESS 1. Mainstreet program Motion to not allow Town to spend money on Main Street — Program made by Council member Terry and seconded by Council member Koon — passed 3-1 with Mayor Thomas voting against. 2. Decide on voting procedure for vacant council seat Motion made by Council member - Terry to approve voting procedure for vacant council member seats made to use Council member Terry’s proposal as the primary means of selection and Council member Merrick’s proposal in the case of a tie. Motion seconded by Council member Koon and passed unanimously. 3. Town Attorney proposals Motion made by Councilmember Terry to hire new Town — attorney Michael Pope. Motion seconded by Council member Merricks and passed unanimously. Motion to release current Town attorney Lindsey Lander an 4/14/25 by Mayor Thomas and seconded by Council member Koon. Motion pass unanimously. 4. Audio / Visual of office no motion. - 5. Profit & Loss — Monthly statements — no motion. 6. Equipment (Dump truck & Backhoe) with the County Motion made by Council — member Koon to sign reversion agreement from Columbia County regarding dump truck and backhoe. Motion seconded by Council member Merricks and passed unanimously. 7. Presentation on sewage Motion made by Council member Koon, to select Council — member Terry as the liaison on the sewage project and Mayor Thomas to assist as necessary. Motion seconded by Council member Merricks. Motion passed unanimously.  8. Salary for new clerk Motion made by Council member Merricks to approve $40k salary — for Town Clerk and seconded by council member Koon. Motion pass unanimously. ITEM 5—CITIZEN COMMENTS 1. Yard sale update by Council member Terry. ITEM 6— COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ITEM 7-ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Council member Koon to adjourn the meeting and seconded by council member Merricks. Motion passed unanimously. Minutes of the Town Council meeting may be obtained from the Town Clerk’s office. The minutes are recorded, but not transcribed verbatim. Persons requiring a verbatim transcript may make arrangements with the Town Clerk to duplicate the recordings or arrange to have a court reporter present at the meeting. The cost of duplication and/or court reporter will be borne by the requesting party. In accordance with Sect. 286.0105 Florida Statutes. notice is given that if a person wishes to appeal a decision made by the Town Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting, they will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations to participate in this meeting should contact the Mayor through the Town Clerk’s office no later than 4:00 PM on the Friday prior to the meeting.