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2026-09-02 - City Commission

Summary

Built from the City's posted action summary (the Legistar "Minutes" link, which is an action summary, not approved minutes), as read. Formal minutes are approved roughly 2.5 months after a meeting, so none of the Commission records here are confirmed approved minutes. The second half of the ordinances and motions section was not read; the consent agenda was only skimmed.

  • Present: Mayor Dean J. Trantalis, Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen, Steven Glassman and Pam Beasley-Pittman; John C. Herbst was absent (4-0 votes). The action summary header names City Clerk David R. Soloman, City Attorney Shari L. McCartney, City Auditor Patrick Reilly and Acting City Manager Christopher Cooper.
  • Approved the June 16 minutes as amended.
  • Presentations included a $1,893,078 state check for Galt Mile street safety and the fireboat. See Galt Mile Street Safety and Fireboat Grant.
  • Consent agenda: Change Order 36 for the new Police headquarters ($125,812.33), see Police Headquarters Construction; a resolution moving the November 3 meeting to November 6 and the December 1 meeting to December 2; and the FY27 code lien amnesty, see Code Lien Amnesty.
  • Adopted resolutions for a $121.25 million water/sewer subordinate bond and a note of about $1.18 billion for the Prospect Lake water treatment plant. See Prospect Lake Water Treatment Plant Financing.
  • Set a quasi-judicial Board of Adjustment appeal (1017 SW 19 St, case PLN-BOA-26020001) for a de novo hearing on October 6. See Board of Adjustment Appeal PLN-BOA-26020001.
  • Second readings adopted: fortune tellers and psychic readers as an accessory use, how fence height is measured, and the historic preservation district provisions of the Unified Land Development Regulations (see Zoning Code Amendments Fall 2026); and the repeal of the Mary Brickell Avenue ordinance (see Mary Brickell Avenue Renaming).
  • Vacation rentals and private provider permit fees were deferred to September 15. See Vacation Rentals and Private Provider Permit Fees.
  • First readings: the water rate ordinance (as amended), see Water Rate Ordinance; and a 3.5% non-union wage increase, see Non-Union Wage Increase FY2027.

Agenda

See the Legistar calendar entry in Sources.

Sources

Video

No City Commission recording was found on the City's YouTube channel (the latest regular meeting found there is June 2, 2026). The Legistar calendar lists a Video link whose target was not resolved.