City Council

Special City Council Meeting

Date: 2026-04-21
Status: City minutes and machine transcript available
Source: CivicClerk event #1489

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Attendance (the roll call)

Listed present when the roll was taken: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Patricia Weeks
(Checked against the ballots and the printed roll lines.)
Listed absent: Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss
Also listed as present (staff and other roles): Anthony A. Garganese (City Attorney), Stockton Whitten (City Manager), Monica Arsenault (City Clerk), Abigail Morgan (Public Works Director), Charlene Neuterman (Community Services Director), Jonathan Lamm (Fire Chief), Evander Collier IV (Police Chief), Katie Ennis (Deputy Utilities Director), Lorne Stinnett (HR Director), Mary Humbert (Director of Business Systems and Innovation), Samantha Senger (Communications & Economic Development Director), Mitch Lawyer (Interim Chief Technology Officer), David Grissom (Helpdesk Support Tech)
Named on at least one ballot later in the meeting: Alex Goins, Mike Blake, Patricia Weeks (participation, which can differ from the roll: arrivals and departures are in the minutes' text)

Adopted actions (3)

1. Agenda: Regular Meeting of April 21, 2026. (2026-321) — to approve the agenda as written (moved by Patricia Weeks, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 3-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Patricia Weeks, Alex Goins; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 2
1. Approve Resolution 2026-028, Extending a State of Emergency due to a technological incident affecting the City of Cocoa's critical techno — to approve the Consent agenda (moved by Patricia Weeks, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 3-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Patricia Weeks, Alex Goins; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 2
to adjourn the Special meeting of April 21, 2026 (moved by Patricia Weeks, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 3-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Patricia Weeks, Alex Goins; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 3

Agenda (the City's wording)

Time links are automatic matches to the machine transcript and may be off.

An item without a time link may still have been discussed; the link is only added when the automatic match is strong.

I. Opening Matters

1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Roll Call

II. Approval of Agenda and Minutes

1. Agenda: Special Meeting of April 21, 2026.

III. Delegations

IV. Consent Agenda

1. Approve Resolution 2026-028, Extending a State of Emergency due to a technological incident affecting the City of Cocoa's critical technological infrastructure. — 00:02:52

V. Public Hearings

VI. Council Business

VII. City Business

VIII. Informational Agenda

IX. Reports

X. Adjournment

XI. Notice to the Public

Transcript Partial transcript

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April the 21st, time 10 a.m., call the order to this meeting. We will have invocation by Council Member Patricia Weeks.

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Mr. Stinnett, yes, sir. Would everyone, including Michael Blake, secure their cell phone?

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Okay. Okay.

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Let us pray. Our dear Heavenly Father, we just thank you so much for the fact that we can come together today to do the work of the city. And Lord, we ask you to bless ‸ each one here and all the

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In Jesus' precious name, amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Oh,

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man, let's see. Uh, Chief, Chief, you got a phone call, sir, from your PIO person.

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Yeah, I know. I just texted her.

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Okay. Okay. All right. Moving on to item number one dash for a roll call. Madam Clerk.

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Uh, Mayor Blake.

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Thank you, ma'am. Present.

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Here.

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Council Member Hearn.

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Weeks. Here.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

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Um,

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I would like to recognize our city man, uh, city clerk with a new fresh haircut today. Straight out of Vogue magazine. I'm happy to say. Okay. Proceeding on to item number two dash one special meeting of April the 21st, excuse me, 21st, 2026. I'm trying not to laugh. Um, what are the wishes? Move

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to approve.

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We got a motion on the floor by, uh, uh, Councilwoman.

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don't know why I want to say agency

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member,

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but, uh, Councilwoman Weeks looking for a second. Second.

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gonna call the question. All in favor by saying aye. Aye. Any nays? Ayes have it unanimously. Item number three,

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zero to a extending a state of emergency due to a technological incident affecting the city of

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at 1 p.m today and so this is extension will be through tuesday april 28th at 1 p.m

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curious

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how um how many more weeks do we anticipate having to do this or do we have an idea?

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Yeah, I don't I don't I mean, I i think we are. uh i I said the other day and with the directors meeting, I think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully it's not coming at us, but but but again, it's it's sort of the day the day break with regards to the issue there. And so I don't anticipate that we'll have uh too many more of these, maybe one or two. uh ‸ then I think we're through it.

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Great.

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we got a

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and a second by

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just gonna ‸ call the question all in favor ‸ saying aye. Aye. ‸ Any nays, eyes have it unanimously. Any public hearings? None. City business? settle City or council business? None. Any other comments or questions?

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adjourn.

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Move to adjourn. Thank you. Okay. Once again, we

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have emotional on the floor by Councilwoman Weeks and

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all in

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Transcript revision built 2026-10-27T13:50:26 · 493 ordinary words, 220 in suspect passages, 0 machine re-recognized.

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