City Council Special Meeting

What the City's record shows

Built only from the City's minutes (1369_CC_Sp_Minutes_03_15_2022.pdf). Page numbers are the minutes' own. Discussion is in the minutes' text; it is not summarised here.

The City's event listing names this meeting “City Council Special Meeting”; the minutes are headed “CITY OF COCOA / BUDGET PRIORITIES & GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP”.

Attendance (the roll call)

• Listed present when the roll was taken: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss
• (Checked against the ballots and the printed roll lines.)
• Absences: no absence line could be read from the minutes' text, so none is stated here; the first page of the minutes is the record.
• Also listed as present (staff and other roles): Anthony A. Garganese (City Attorney), Stockton Whitten (City Manager), Carie E. Shealy (City Clerk), Jack Walsh (Utilities Director), Charlene Neuterman (Interim Community Services Director), Bryant Smith (Public Works Director), Rebecca Bowman (Finance Director), Rob Beach (Chief Technology Officer), Erik Montgomery (Helpdesk Support Tech)
• Named on at least one ballot later in the meeting: Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss, Mike Blake (participation, which can differ from the roll: arrivals and departures are in the minutes' text)

Adopted actions (6)

• to take a 30- minute break for lunch‘ (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Mike Blake); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 6
• to fund off-duty officers to protect Cocoa Village during the times of Thursday to Saturday, from 11 p.m. until 3:30 a.m. until this fiscal year is over (moved by Alex Goins, seconded by Lorraine Koss); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 9; the vote on p. 10
• to take a three- minute recess (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 10
• to Reconvene the meeting (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 10
• to approve the recommendation for Core Values to change Leadership to Community Engagement and to accept the verbiage for the Vision statement (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; individual ballots not stated: the minutes print the same name twice in a ballot list (Hearn), so the list is not the ballots as cast — neither is chosen — the City's minutes, p. 15
• to adjourn the Workshop (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 16; the vote on p. 17

Motions not adopted (1)

• to establish a 30-day period for public comment for changes being proposed on the Strategic Plan which would include the Vision Statement, Core Values, and Priorities (moved by Lorraine Koss); FAILED 1-4; ayes: Lorraine Koss; nays: Mike Blake, Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins — the City's minutes, p. 14; the vote on p. 15