Mount Dora, FL City Council meeting Wed., Feb. 4, 2020 - $11-million contract approved
Channel: FiscalRangersFlorida
Date: 2020-02-12

The Mount Dora, FL City Council met on Feb. 4, 2020 and everyone was well behaved!

You can get the detailed meeting packet and agenda at the city website at  https://ci.mount-dora.fl.us/archive.aspx 

A resolution was read to honor former Mayor Nick Girone, who could not be present.

Another resolution was read to honor former Councilmember Laurie Tillett.

Public comments were given about the earlier discussion to place pickleball courts on the land where the public works building was located (now demolished).

Discussions were held about resolutions including:

Purchase of vehicles from a Fleet Sales firm, and how they were funded.

Planned fiber optic upgrades

Approval of an agreement for an Architect to design the planned $11-million Public Works Facility

Approval of a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) agreement with Ajax Building Corporation for the Public Works Facility. This included public input and discussion about the litigation history of the firm, and some issues about the selection process, which were explained by the city Procurement Manager.  Two of the six Councilmembers present wanted to postpone the approval for two weeks to research some issues but were outvoted by four others. The final approval was 6/0.

The Council discussed and rejected an appeal of a variance denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

The meeting was over 3 hours long. 

Video by Lake County, FL Fiscal Watchdog blogger Vance Jochim of FiscalRangers.com.  
Short link to this video is:  https://youtu.be/-MHeI3t14qI   
Length of video is: 3 hr, 14 min.   11 GB 
 
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