City Council Special Meeting

What the City's record shows

Built only from the City's minutes (1045_CC_Sp_Minutes_06_01_2021.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 Cocoa / City Council Workshop”.

Attendance (the roll call)

• Listed present when the roll was taken: Mike Blake, Alex Goins (printed “James Goins”), Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, 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), Monica Arsenault (Assistant City Clerk), Matthew Fuhrer (Assistant City Manager), Lorne Stinnett (Human Resources Manager), Jack Walsh (Utilities Director), Evander Collier IV (Chief of Police), Jonathan Lamm (Fire Chief), Bryant Smith (Public Works Director), Charlene Neuterman (Acting Community Services Director), Rebecca Bowman (Finance Director), Lora Howell (Deputy Finance Director), Robert Beach (Chief Technology Officer)
• 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 (7)

• to postpone the decision until more information is brought before the Council (moved by Lorraine Koss, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 4
• to approve a Resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute the Federally Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Broadmoor Acres and Fiske Boulevard Drainage Improvements Project. Approve a Resolution Amending the Budget, BAF # 21- 078-A … (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Alex Goins); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 6
• to approve staff's recommendations (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 9
• to take a two- minute recess (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 9
• to add a budget item to install a bathroom at Fern and Prospect park, for discussion (moved by Alex Goins, seconded by Mike Blake); CARRIED 4-1; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: Lorraine Koss — the City's minutes, p. 10
• to incorporate District 4 parks and the Community Action Team building in the budget related to ongoing expenses (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 4-1; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn; nays: Lorraine Koss — the City's minutes, p. 10
• to adjourn the City Council Workshop of June 1, 2021 (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); CARRIED 5-0; ayes: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 10; the vote on p. 11

Motions not adopted (2)

• to take $95,000 dollars out of the Sustainability budget to assist with funding the PAL program, for discussion (moved by Herbert "Rip" Dyal, seconded by Mike Blake); DIED 2-3; ayes: Mike Blake, Herbert "Rip" Dyal; nays: Alex Goins, Lavander Hearn, Lorraine Koss — the City's minutes, p. 4
• to rescind Councilmember Hearn’s original request to install a bathroom at Bracco Park and instead request a bathroom facility at Fern and Prospect Park, with discussion (moved by Lavander Hearn, seconded by Alex Goins); DIED 2-3; ayes: Lorraine Koss, Lavander Hearn; nays: Mike Blake, Alex Goins, Herbert "Rip" Dyal — the City's minutes, p. 7

Money named in the minutes' motions (what each motion did with the amount, in its own words)

• $95,000 — Council: named in a motion that was not adopted. “take $95,000 dollars out of the Sustainability budget to assist with funding the PAL program, for discussion” (motion result: DIED; the City's minutes (1045_CC_Sp_Minutes_06_01_2021.pdf, p. 4); fiscal period not recorded)