City Council
City Council Special Meeting
Built from the City's minutes records — no AI-written text
Briefing final
The City's record
What the City's record shows
Built only from the City's minutes (1203_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_19_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), Evander Collier IV (Police Chief), Bryant Smith (Public Works Director), Rebecca Bowman (Finance Director), Rob Beach (Chief Technology Officer), Ben Wenrich (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 (2)
- to recommend a shade structure at Larry Gilmore Park rather than Junny Rios Park (moved by Lorraine Koss, seconded by Lavander Hearn); CARRIED 4-1; ayes: Lavander Hearn, Herbert "Rip" Dyal, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss; nays: Mike Blake — the City's minutes, p. 8
- to adjourn the Budget Priorities & Goal Setting Workshop on April 19, 2022 (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. 12
Motions not adopted (1)
- to approve the list for $640,000 as recommended by the District 4 Administrative Board to the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners (moved by Mike Blake, seconded by Herbert "Rip" Dyal); FAILED 2-3; ayes: Mike Blake, Herbert "Rip" Dyal; nays: Lavander Hearn, Alex Goins, Lorraine Koss — the City's minutes, p. 6; the vote on p. 8
Motions for which no result was read from the minutes' text (2)
- to make minor modifications to the Vision statement that she presented in order to make it make sense., etc. could change the context (moved by Lorraine Koss, seconded by Lavander Hearn, who then withdrew the second); no result was read for this motion from the minutes' text — the City's minutes, p. 3
- to approve the funding for the updates to the training trailer (moved by Lavander Hearn); no result was read for this motion from the minutes' text — the City's minutes, p. 10
Money named in the minutes' motions (what each motion did with the amount, in its own words)
- $640,000 — Council: named in a motion that was not adopted. “approve the list for $640,000 as recommended by the District 4 Administrative Board to the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners” (motion result: FAILED; the City's minutes (1203_CC_Sp_Minutes_04_19_2022.pdf, p. 6; the vote on p. 8); fiscal period not recorded)