Commission Meeting

23718 W US HWY 27 Telephone: (386) 454-1416 High Springs, Florida 32643 Facsimile: (386) 454-2126 Web: highsprings.gov HIGH SPRINGS CITY COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 12, 2026 CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Miller called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. ROLL CALL CITY COMMISSION: Mayor Andrew Miller – Present Vice Mayor Wayne Bloodsworth – Present Commissioner Katherine Weitz - Present Commissioner Tristan Grunder – Present Commissioner Chad Howell – Present STAFF PRESENT: Angela Stone, City Clerk Kiersten Ballou, City Attorney Jeremy Marshall, City Manager Ashley Mauldin, Executive Assistant Joseph Peters, Fire Chief Kevin Mangan, PIO Jason Taylor, Lieutenant Allan Alligood, Building Official Phyllis Breen, Cert. Permit Tech. April Roberts, Billing Manager INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Invocation by Vice Mayor Wayne Bloodsworth. Pledge of Allegiance COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 12, 2026 PAGE 2 of 6 APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Commissioner Weitz motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Howell seconded. Motion carried 5-0. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Howell motioned to approve the consent agenda. Vice Mayor Bloodsworth seconded. Motion carried 5-0 MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 22, 2026, COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 22, 2026, COMMISSION WORKSHOP (E) SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 1. PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO TEACHER OF THE YEAR BARBARA BROCK. Commissioner Weitz presents the award to Barbara Brock. Mrs. Roberson, the school principal, says a few words about the teacher of the year Barbara Brock. 2. PLAQUE PRESENTED TO THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. Mayor Miller expresses his gratitude to Jason Kytle for employee of the year. Jason Kytle thanks the Commission. Vice Mayor Bloodsworth thanks Jason for his hard work. (F) UNFINISHED BUSINESS (G) CITIZEN REQUESTS AND COMMENTS – FOR ISSUES NOT ON AGENDA (PLEASE STATE NAME FOR THE RECORD – LIMIT COMMENTS TO 5 MINUTES) Janet Evans – Reads a post from Facebook regarding texts between a commissioner to a former Public Works Director. Wants clarification of what the Commissioner’s goals were. David Linch – Doesn’t want the Boy Scout Hut to be sold. Does not want the streets paved over. Requests that the Commission consider not allowing the High Springs Brewery to use the High Springs name. COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 12, 2026 PAGE 3 of 6 Raymond Mobley – Requests that the city address the response time regarding vetting development requests. The second thing I'd like to know is what the 5, 10, and 15year development plan is for this city. Commissioner Grunder responds to Janet Evans comments. COMMISSIONER RESPONSE: (H) NEW BUSINESS 1. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF HIGH SPRINGS PERSONNEL POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL TO ADJUST PTO ACCRUAL FOR FIRE PERSONNEL. Fire Chief Peters - Explains the Amendment to the Commission. Commissioner Howell – Is this going to lower the cost to the city? Fire Chief Peters – I believe so, yes. There will be cost savings. Commissioner Weitz – Agrees the Amendment is a good deal. Vice Mayor Bloodsworth asks for the City Managers opinion. City Manager Mr. Marshall – Sat down with Chief Peters and Angela Stone to discuss. I support it. Commissioner Weitz – Are operational costs going down? City Manager Marshall – Yes, especially taking away the Kelly days. Commissioner Weitz makes a motion to approve the revised pto policy for the Fire Department. Commissioner Grunder seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-0 COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 12, 2026 PAGE 4 of 6 2. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON RESOLUTION NO. 2026-B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HIGH SPRINGS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND WOODARD & CURRAN FOR CONTINUING ENGINEERING SERVICES; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY APPROVING SAID AGREEMENT; RECOGNIZING THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND BIND THE CITY TO SAID AGREEEMNT; REPEALING ALL PRIOR RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Attorney Ballou read Resolution 2026-B. explains the Engineering contracts to the Commission. Commissioner Weitz – Asks why there's no rate schedule in here. There's nothing in here that indicates principal engineer, senior engineer. Attorney Ballou explains that the contracts are sort of our broad overarching contract. they allow us to select these individuals without going out for bid every time that we need an engineer. Mike New – Provided an extensive description on the contract and state statute. Linda Jones – Asks why Mike New was at the podium. Wants a better explanation. City Manager Jeremy Marshall – Explains there are 3 separate contracts. Commissioner Grunder motions to approve Resolution No. 2026-B Commissioner Chad Howell seconded. Mayor Miller – Yes Vice Mayor Bloodsworth – Yes Commissioner Grunder – Yes Commissioner Howell – Yes Commissioner Weitz – Yes. Motion passes 5-0 3. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON RESOLUTION NO. 2026-C, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HIGH SPRINGS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND KIMLEY–HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR CONTINUING ENGINEERING SERVICES; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY APPROVING SAID AGREEMENT; RECOGNIZING THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND BIND THE COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 12, 2026 PAGE 5 of 6 CITY TO SAID AGREEEMNT; REPEALING ALL PRIOR RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Attorney Ballou read Resolution 2026-C. Jose Lopez on behalf of Kimley – Horn thanks the Commission. Commissioner Howell makes motion to approve Resolution No. 2026-C Commissioner Grunder seconded Vice Mayor Bloodsworth – Yes Commissioner Grunder – Yes Commissioner Howell – Yes Commissioner Weitz – Yes Mayor Miller - Yes Motion passes 5-0 4. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON RESOLUTION NO. 2026-D, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HIGH SPRINGS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CPH CONSULTING, LLC. FOR CONTINUING ENGINEERING SERVICES; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY APPROVING SAID AGREEMENT; RECOGNIZING THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND BIND THE CITY TO SAID AGREEEMNT; REPEALING ALL PRIOR RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Attorney Ballou read Resolution 2026-C. Commissioner Howell makes motion to approve Resolution No. 2026-D Commissioner Weitz seconded Commissioner Grunder – Yes Commissioner Howell – Yes Commissioner Weitz – Yes Vice Mayor Bloodsworth – Yes Mayor Miller - Yes Motion passes 5-0 CITY ATTORNEY REPORT/UPDATE: Attorney Ballou Informs the Commission of an email from the Planning Technician Kristy Adkins – Asks Commission for feedback. CITY MANAGER REPORT/UPDATE: COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 12, 2026 PAGE 6 of 6 LDC meeting with Kristy Adkins. Discusses workshops for LDC rewrite. The fields that were posted on facebook are going to be resoded and are being taken care of by Jen Applebee. Drinking water project proposal at the next meeting. STAFF UPDATE: COMMISSIONERS: Commissioner Howell – Discusses school board meeting. Thinking our only concern outright is the walking areas. It's a two-mile zone and I just for us there's areas of uh outside of two miles or inside two miles that don't have sidewalks wouldn't be safe. It's something that we need to talk to the school board about. Second, there's going to be some closures in schools. Believe our area will be affected. Facebook post regarding the parking project being delayed and it is not. Discusses the CR236 Project. Commissioner Grunder – I don’t have anything. Commissioner Weitz – Was also going to bring up the parking project and appreciates the business owner for reaching out to the Commission. Asks City Manager to meet with the business owner due to some of the information posted on facebook being incorrect. I would like to know how the business owner is getting the information. Discusses reaching out to the county regarding the resource center and for the city that is no longer available. Q&A Workshop before next meeting regarding the certified recovery dwelling units. Who is managing projects when we have no finance director or public works director. Audit discussions. Wishing band good luck. VICE MAYOR: Bloodsworth – Asking about applicants for Finance Director and Public Works Director. Asking about numbers that previous Finance Director was working on to share with the Commission. Thanks the previous Public Works Director. Discusses upcoming issues with finances and public works. If we don’t have sewer and water we don’t have a city. Informs the city manager to make and bring the hard decisions to the commission. MAYOR: Miller – Food giveaway on Wednesday are they still busting pipes? Is there a way we can move the giveaway. Resource center discussion. MOTION TO ADJOURN. Mayor Miller at 8:06 PM