Council set a tentative 8.500-mill TRIM rate (lowest in a decade) and rejected all six Fire Station No. 2 bids as far over the $2.4M estimate.
16 items on the agenda · 10 decisions recorded
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- 1Call to Order – Roll Call▶ 0:00
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Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence for servicemen.
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[00:00:12] We have a quorum. I'd like to ask everyone to please stand, join me in the Pledge of [00:00:16] Allegiance. Remain standing for a moment of silence in honor of our servicemen
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Moment of Silence
The council observed a moment of silence and recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
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[00:00:19] and women at home and abroad. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United [00:00:25] States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, [00:00:30] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. Next item is
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Approval of Work Session and Regular Meeting Minutes
approvedCouncil approved the work session and regular meeting minutes.
- motion:Approval of the work session and regular meeting minutes. (passed)
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[00:00:44] approval of the work session and regular meeting minutes. Move for approval. Second. [00:00:51] Bring any discussion. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, [00:00:59] like sign. Motion passes. Next is vox pop for items not on the agenda.
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- 5Vox Pop for Items Not Listed on the Agenda or Listed on Consent Agenda▶ 1:02
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Cultural Affairs Committee Meeting Minutes - June 2021
approvedon consentThe Cultural Affairs Committee meeting minutes from June 2021 were approved without discussion.
- vote:Approve the Cultural Affairs Committee meeting minutes from June 2021. (passed)
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[00:03:19] Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? I [00:03:30] believe the motion passed. Next, business items. Reappointment of Richard Melton to the Cultural
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Environmental Committee Minutes - April - June 2021
approvedon consentCouncil approved the Environmental Committee minutes for April–June 2021 on a voice vote with no discussion.
- vote:Approve the Environmental Committee Minutes for April–June 2021. (passed)
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[00:03:19] Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? I [00:03:30] believe the motion passed. Next, business items. Reappointment of Richard Melton to the Cultural
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Police Pension Board Minutes - May 2021
approvedon consentCouncil acknowledged the Police Pension Board Minutes from May 2021 as part of the consent agenda.
- vote:Approve consent agenda items including Police Pension Board Minutes - May 2021. (passed)
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[00:03:19] Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? I [00:03:30] believe the motion passed. Next, business items. Reappointment of Richard Melton to the Cultural
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Purchases/Payments for City Council Approval
approvedon consentCouncil voted on purchases/payments for approval with no discussion.
- vote:Approval of purchases/payments for City Council approval. (passed)
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[00:03:19] Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? I [00:03:30] believe the motion passed. Next, business items. Reappointment of Richard Melton to the Cultural
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Board Re-Appointment: Richard Melton, Cultural Affairs Committee
approvedCouncil reappointed Richard Melton to the Cultural Affairs Committee for a two-year term ending August 5, 2023. Melton has served since 2017 and currently chairs the committee.
- motion:Motion to approve the reappointment of Richard Melton to the Cultural Affairs Committee through August 5, 2023. (passed)
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[00:03:37] Affairs Committee. He even showed up. Mr. Melton has served since 2017. He currently serves as the [00:03:49] chair. His term is due to elapse in August of 2021. The terms of office on the Cultural Affairs [00:03:58] Committee are for two-year periods of time. If you determine that it's appropriate to renew his [00:04:05] appointment, he would serve until August 5th of 2023. Open up for public comment. This is your [00:04:13] opportunity if you want to yell no and run screaming out of the room. In that case, I'll [00:04:22] close public comment and bring it back to Council. Move for approval. Second. All those in favor, [00:04:27] please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Like sign. Thank you for your service to the community. [00:04:34] Thank you, Rich. Gives you two more years to train someone to be a chairman, right?
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Resolution No. 2021-47: Establish Tentative Millage for TRIM
approvedCouncil adopted Resolution 2021-47 establishing a tentative millage rate of 8.500 mills for the FY21-22 TRIM notice, the lowest rate in 10 years, and set public hearings for September 9 and September 23, 2021 at 6 p.m.
Ord. Resolution No. 2021-47
- motion:Approve Resolution 2021-47 establishing tentative millage rate of 8.500 mills and setting public hearings for September 9 and September 23, 2021. (passed)
Pasco County Property Appraiser's OfficeCouncilman AltmanMannsMrs. FeastChapter 200 Florida StatutesFY 21-22 operating budgetFlorida TRIM StatuteResolution 2021-47Save Our Homes▶ Jump to 4:40 in the videoShow transcriptHide transcript
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[00:04:40] Next is resolution 2021-47. This is resolution number 2021-47, a resolution of the City Council [00:04:52] of the City of New Port Richey, Florida, establishing the tentative millage rate for [00:04:56] inclusion on the Pasco County Trim Notice. As indicated by the City Attorney, the resolution [00:05:04] establishes a tentative millage rate. It also establishes a date, time, and place for a public [00:05:11] hearing on the levy of the proposed fiscal year 21-22 operating budget. And I'll ask Mrs. Feast [00:05:23] to further introduce this agenda item. Good evening. Each year, the City is required to [00:05:31] calculate and set an ad valorem millage rate per Chapter 200 of the Florida statute. The Pasco [00:05:38] County Property Appraiser's Office sent out the certification of the City's taxable value on July [00:05:44] 1st of 2021. This certification was used to come up with an appropriate tentative millage for the [00:05:51] purposes of public notification under the Florida Trim Statute. Under the statute, all property [00:05:59] owners are to be notified of their proposed tax levy using the adopted tentative millage rate [00:06:05] by mail from the Pasco County Property Appraiser. The City Council may subsequently reduce this set [00:06:13] millage but cannot increase the levy without additional public notification to all city [00:06:19] property owners. By way of approval of resolution number 2021-47, staff recommends setting the [00:06:27] tentative millage rate at 8.500 mills, which accomplishes the City Council's goal of lowering [00:06:36] the millage rate. This tentative millage rate will also continue to generate an increase in ad valorem [00:06:43] revenue for the proposed for the next fiscal year and that's an increase from previous year. [00:06:51] This will assist in funding increased program costs for the next fiscal year. The City must [00:06:58] hold two public hearings on the millage rate and budget. These hearings may not be on the same date [00:07:03] as that of the county or the school board. The City is required to notify the property appraiser [00:07:10] of the date, time, and location of the City's first public hearing for millage and budget and this [00:07:16] information is also printed on the term notice. The deadline for that notification is August 4th [00:07:21] of each year, so after tonight's approval, I'll go ahead and update the county with that information. [00:07:29] Accordingly, staff recommends that Council establish its public hearings for the millage [00:07:34] rate and budget on the following dates. So the first public hearing, as City Manager Manns [00:07:40] has already mentioned, would be Thursday, September 9th at 6 p.m. and the second public hearing would [00:07:47] be Thursday, September 23rd at 6 p.m. and these dates do not conflict with Pasco County or the [00:07:54] school board. So tonight, staff respectfully requests that the Council adopt Resolution 2021-47, [00:08:02] which would officially establish a tentative millage rate and confirm the dates and times of [00:08:07] the public hearings. Thank you. We'll open up for public comment. Seeing no one come forward, [00:08:12] I'll bring it back to Council. Move for approval. Second. To the maker. Good, low on the tax. Second. [00:08:19] Yes, so upon this approval, I think that'll be the millage rate will be [00:08:23] low as it's been for 10 years and understandably that, you know, property values have increased [00:08:32] and those people think property taxes and that's true. However, keep in mind to save our homes [00:08:37] prevents, you know, those people that have not had transactions, at least residential, have increases. [00:08:43] So I think it's a prudent rate to have. It gives folks a little bit of break, gives our commercial [00:08:50] people a little bit of break, moving downwards a little bit and we'll still maintain a healthy [00:08:54] budget. So thank you, Crystal. Deputy Mayor. Nothing. Councilman Altman. Yeah, I think the [00:09:02] only word of caution is that the increase in the ad valorem millage rate or the decrease in millage [00:09:12] rate, even though we have an increase in property values, will increase our revenue stream to the [00:09:17] city that most of that revenue stream goes back into our redevelopment efforts. And so the general [00:09:25] fund has a lot of other sources of revenue to depend on. And we did get some good news from [00:09:31] the state, I guess, in the sense that some of those communication taxes or other taxes, sales taxes, [00:09:38] have rebounded. So at least the outlook is much better because of our state's economic strength. [00:09:46] But it is good to see those tax rates going down because that's what people look at. And I [00:09:55] always take stuff on the internet with a grain of salt, but I did see [00:10:01] that apparently we are the only government entity in Pasco that is actually reducing our millage [00:10:08] rate for the coming year. So I think we're proud that you guys have sharpened your pens and [00:10:15] pencils and made it work. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify [00:10:22] by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, like sign. Motion passes. Next, resolution 2021-46. This is resolution
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Resolution No. 2021-46: Authorizing City Council to Participate in the Municipal Association of Pasco Quarterly Meetings
approvedCouncil adopted Resolution 2021-46 authorizing participation in the Municipal Association of Pasco quarterly joint meetings, beginning with a meeting on August 5th with six other Pasco communities. Staff described it as a bookkeeping matter to formalize ongoing participation.
Ord. Resolution No. 2021-46
- motion:Motion to approve Resolution 2021-46 authorizing City Council participation in Municipal Association of Pasco quarterly meetings. (passed)
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[00:10:32] number 2021-46, a resolution of the City Council of the City of New Port Richey, Florida, authorizing [00:10:37] the City Council to participate in a joint meeting of the Municipal Association of Pasco [00:10:42] to discuss matters of mutual interest and providing for an effective date. [00:10:47] Open up for public comment. Did you have anything you wanted to add to this? Mr. Mayor, this is [00:10:54] really just a bookkeeping matter. As you're all aware, we participate in the Municipal [00:11:01] Association of Pasco, and it's unclear as to whether or not this action was taken in the past, [00:11:09] so we're just asking you to pass this resolution to allow us to participate in a meeting with the [00:11:18] six other communities in Pasco on Thursday, August 5th, and then going forward on a quarterly basis. [00:11:26] Thank you. I don't see anybody coming down for public comment, so we'll close public comment, [00:11:32] bring it back to Council. Move for approval. Second. To the maker? No, nothing more. To the second? [00:11:39] No, sir. Councilman? Good. Councilman? No, sir. In that case, all those in favor, [00:11:46] please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, like sign. Motion passes. Next, 2021 Water Services
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2021 Water System Improvements Task Order No. 9 – Engineering Services
approvedCouncil approved Task Order No. 9 with Stroud Engineering Consulting in an amount not to exceed $82,190 for design, bid, and construction services for the 2021 Water System Improvement Project. The project will replace approximately 7,800 linear feet of aging 2-inch and 6-inch water mains with 6-inch and 8-inch mains, including 10 fire hydrant assemblies, in the area bounded by Madison Street, the river, Delaware Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue. Funding comes from the Water and Sewer Construction Fund.
- motion:Motion to approve Task Order No. 9 with Stroud Engineering Consulting in the amount not to exceed $82,190 for the 2021 Water System Improvement Project. (passed)
Delaware AvenueFlorida AvenueMadison StreetMassachusetts AvenueMissouri AvenueNebraska AvenuePennsylvaniaStroud Engineering ConsultingAlvinMannsPetersRivera2021 Water System Improvement ProjectTask Order No. 9Water and Sewer Construction Fund▶ Jump to 11:55 in the videoShow transcriptHide transcript
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[00:11:55] System Improvements Task Order 9, Engineering Services. That's a mouthful. Ms. Manns. [00:12:02] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is a task order which was submitted by Stroud Engineering Consulting [00:12:13] in the amount of $82,190, and it covers the design, bid, and construction [00:12:20] services associated with the 2021 Water System Improvement Project, and Mr. [00:12:27] Rivera is prepared to further describe the details of the project to you. [00:12:39] The scope of work consists of replacing water mains that are currently in size of two-inch [00:12:47] and six-inch. We're going to replace about 7,800 linear feet, and the replacements will be six- [00:12:54] and eight-inch water mains, and all of this will include your valves, your fittings, and all the [00:13:00] service connections, as well as 10 fire hydrant assemblies. The scope of work area will consist [00:13:09] of Madison Street to the east, the river to the west, Delaware to the south, and then Massachusetts [00:13:16] Avenue to the north. We're going to replace an existing six-inch AC pipe along Madison Street [00:13:26] in between Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. That's approximately 2,200 feet. We'll upsize that to [00:13:36] an eight-inch. We're going to replace on Florida Avenue, Nebraska Avenue, and Missouri Avenue, [00:13:44] they currently have two-inch galvanized. We'll be replacing those with six-inch water mains [00:13:51] in addition to installing fire hydrants along those routes. [00:13:57] And then finally, we have 1,300 feet of six-inch water main that [00:14:01] will go along Delaware Avenue, include fire hydrants as well. [00:14:06] And the funding for this project will be identified as the Water and Sewer Construction Fund, [00:14:12] and the task order is in the amount not to exceed $82,190. [00:14:19] Open it up for public comment. Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [00:14:24] Move for approval. [00:14:25] Second. [00:14:26] To the maker. [00:14:27] Did you discuss it with any of the residents on Florida Avenue? [00:14:32] It was a joke, I live on Florida Avenue. [00:14:35] Second. [00:14:37] What's the project? I mean, a lot of these are really, really old. I mean, how old are they? [00:14:42] The pipes? [00:14:43] The pipes, the valves. [00:14:44] They're like 50 years old. [00:14:47] Definitely in need, oh my gosh. [00:14:49] Mr. Alvin? [00:14:52] No, only whenever we do any digging underground, it's an opportunity to look at what's above it. [00:14:57] These are off-street though, mostly, are they not? [00:15:00] Yes sir. So it doesn't affect the roads? Right, we'll be doing directional bore. [00:15:04] There are some, like on Madison, we'll be popping up sections of sidewalk to be [00:15:09] able to do the tie-in. That was actually going to be my question, if we were [00:15:12] going to be ripping up that brand-new pavement on Madison. No, the valves [00:15:17] are just west of Madison. Got you. Does it generally run under the carports and that [00:15:24] sort of thing, or does that require some, you may require some excavation on... [00:15:29] The excavation should only occur where we do the connection points and then [00:15:35] where we install the hydrant assemblies. Mr. Peters? So the changing over from the [00:15:43] 2-inch to the 6-inch really allows us to put fire hydrants in, right? Exactly, fire [00:15:49] protection. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please [00:15:55] signify by saying aye. Opposed, like sign. Motion passes. Next is consideration of
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Rejection of Bids for ITB21-009 Fire Station No. 2 Relocation Project
approvedCouncil rejected all six bids received for the Fire Station No. 2 Relocation Project (ITB21-009) because they substantially exceeded the $2.4 million estimate, ranging from $3.39M to $4.28M. Staff plans to identify process improvements, debrief with bidders, and re-bid the project later.
- motion:Motion to reject all bids received for ITB21-009 Fire Station No. 2 Relocation Project. (passed)
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[00:16:03] rejecting the bids for ITB 21-009. Ms. Manns? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The city [00:16:11] received six bids for the construction of fire station number two, and they were [00:16:20] publicly read on July 2nd, 2021. The estimate of probable construction costs [00:16:30] for the project was $2.4 million. The bids ranged from $3,387,170 [00:16:45] to $4,280,340, which clearly exceeds the city's allocated funding. Since that time, [00:16:56] the bids were analyzed and we've identified some process and some [00:17:02] timing improvements that could be made to bring the bids into a closer range to [00:17:16] the probable construction costs. Certainly though, construction materials [00:17:23] and labor costs are much higher than what we expected, and we would hope for a [00:17:31] better bid climate. At this time though, we need to reject all of the bids that [00:17:38] were received. We would like to implement some of the improvements that we've [00:17:43] identified, and we plan to talk to all of the bidders and learn a little bit [00:17:50] more from them, and we would like to re-bid the project at another time. [00:17:55] I'd open up for public comment. Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to [00:18:00] council. Move for approval. Second. Mr. Altman? No, just disappointment. I mean, [00:18:09] we call him the architect. I think we hired spring engineering. My knowledge [00:18:22] has been several way over lengthy projects and not coming in at bids, so. I [00:18:31] don't recall, but I'm not sure I supported that motion to hire them. Are [00:18:37] we, I guess, we're lashed to the whipping post with them to get through this [00:18:44] project? I'm not certain that it can, the price differential can completely be [00:18:51] attributed to the architect and engineer record. Construction costs are [00:18:57] running 20 to 30 percent higher than estimates, just as a result of the rising [00:19:04] costs of steel and lumber and labor on all projects at this time. Yeah, that, you [00:19:15] know, it's interesting. Just today, I had someone trying to get a project done, and [00:19:19] simple project, and the people said, you know, call us back in six weeks, maybe we [00:19:24] can get you on our list to even come look-see. So, I'm surprised we got as many [00:19:29] bids as we got, but unfortunately, way too high. I've been trying to get some work [00:19:36] done in my house, and it's the same story. Getting contractors to [00:19:39] actually show up and bid the thing is very difficult, and hopefully the prices [00:19:44] will start dropping down as the supply chain opens up on construction materials, [00:19:50] because that was all pretty well shut down. Any further discussion? Hearing none, [00:19:55] all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, like sign. Motion passes.
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