2026-04-02 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes. No video is posted for this meeting, so there is no transcript or timing.

Regular session, 9:00 to 10:37 AM, Chair Hanewicz presiding; all eight members present.
Agenda amended 8-0 to add committee minutes and an Advanced Metering Infrastructure update.
Consent agenda passed 8-0: $2,000,000 added to temporary staffing allocation (Personnel Solutions Plus), $429,000 workers' compensation administrator renewal, and second-term appointments to the housing advisory committee. Resolution number 2026-148 appears on two items.
Council heard an outside counsel update on the smart-meter partnership proposal; no action.
Transit overlay ordinance adopted on second reading 7-0 (Givens absent); alley vacation 1178-V adopted 8-0.
Open forum: one resident spoke about elected officials.

Attorney Frederick Springer of Bryant Miller Olive P.A. presented an update on the unsolicited public-private partnership proposal received January 14, 2026 and the firm's special legal advice. No public comment, no action.

Minutes record the overlay ordinance (numbered 632-H) adopted on second and final reading; ayes Driscoll, Figgs-Sanders, Floyd, Gabbard, Gerdes, Hanewicz, Harting; Givens absent. The agenda change lists 632-H as a Cone of Silence amendment, so the numbering is unclear.

Ordinance 1178-V adopted on second and final reading 8-0 after a staff presentation; no public comment.