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All right. We're going to call the meeting to order. It is Monday, September 21st. This is

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the special workshop and town hall city council meeting. Madam Clerk, please call the

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role

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here.

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Councilor Rodgers and Mayor

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Bond here. Please join us for the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America

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All

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right. We're going to move on to ordinance number 2026-07. This is final

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millage rate, second read, and public hearing. An ordinance of the city of Neptune Beach, Florida,

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adopting a final millage rate and letting ad lorant taxes for the fiscal year beginning on October

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First, 2026 and ending September 30th, 2027, setting forth certain information regarding

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World Back Rate, directing the city manager to adjust the adopted military and the

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event of changes in the assessment role and tax level value and providing an effective

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date.

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We're going to open this up for a public hearing, has anybody signed up for a public comment?

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Okay, seeing none, we're going to close the public hearing.

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and do we have a motion to approve ordnance number 2026-07?

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Set motion.

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Do we have a second?

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Second.

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Okay.

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Before we call it to the vote, I do have to read the trim notice.

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This is the second of two public hearings for the City of Neptune Beach, Florida.

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This fiscal year, 27, Millage Raid and Budget, rolled back rate for the City of Neptune Beach

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is 3.1657 mills.

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The reach to be adopted reflects a 6.31 increase over the rolled vac rate.

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The rate that is to be levied in this ordinance by City Council is 3.365-6.

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That being said, still no public comment.

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Madam Clerk, please call the vote.

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Councillor Horde.

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Yes.

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Vice Mayor Livingston.

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Yes.

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Councillor Messengers.

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Yes.

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Councillor Rodgers.

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Yes.

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Mayor Violin.

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Yes.

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All right.

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Moving on to ordinance number 2026-08, final budget, second read in public hearing, an ordinance at the City of Neptune Beach, Florida adopting a final budget and appropriating funds for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2026 and ending September 30th, 2027 and providing for an effective date.

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I'll open the public hearing. Is anybody here to speak on the final budget?

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No one's seeing none. I close the public hearing. Do we have a motion to approve ordinance number twenty twenty six dash zero eight?

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Set of motion.

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Do we have second?

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Second.

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All right. Is there anything that we need to discuss?

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All right. Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the vote.

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Vice Mayor Livingston.

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Yes.

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Councilor messenger.

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Yes.

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Councilor Rogers.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Councilor Horda.

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Yes.

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Mayor Byron.

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Yes.

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All right.

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Moving on to ordinance number 2026-09.

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This is a first read in public hearing.

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An ordinance of the city of Neptune Beach, Florida, amending the code of ordinances by deleting

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chapter 22.

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Traffic and motor vehicles, article 6, automated traffic enforcement, sections 22-101-22-105,

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providing for codification, conflict, severability, and providing an effective date.

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I'm going to open the public hearing.

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Does anybody here speak on this ordinance?

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Seeing none, I'm going to close public hearing.

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Do we have a motion to approve ordinance number 2026-09?

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I said motion.

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All right. Do we have a second?

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Second.

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Okay. Is there anything that we need to discuss before moving forward on this for a vote?

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I just want to, I think we talked about this.

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Was it last meeting? I think that just the idea is because we did away with the system. It's not so much of this.

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If there's something in the future, we could readdress it. And I think.

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Yeah, I think that we did say that we could re-address it.

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My comment, I do, I do have one comment. I have no problem with moving forward to delete these provisions. I just had one problem with the third whereas clause.

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The third paragraph says, whereas the city finds that public safety in school zones is effectively maintained through traditional police presence, traffic engineering controls and alternative traffic calming measures.

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I disagree with that personally because I think that the conclusion that we reached at the end of our discussion last time was that actually that paragraph's not true.

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I have no problem moving forward to approve this ordinance,

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deleting that paragraph, but right now for me,

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I would be no as it's written, but I would be at yes if we amended.

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So, we already have a motion in a second.

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Does anybody want to move to amend?

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I'll happily do that. I move motion to amend and strike the third whereas statement.

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All right, do we have a second? Second.

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All right, Madam Clerk, please call the vote. Councillor Messinger.

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Yes.

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Councillor Rodgers. Yes.

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Council for that. Yes.

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Vice Mayor Livingstone. Yes. Mayor Vaughn. Yes.

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and then do we need a second vote to vote it through yeah so okay so we already

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had the motion and the second and so we've already amended the motion so

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Madam Clerk please call the vote. Council Rogers? Yes. Councilor Horde? Yes.

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Vice Mayor Livingston? Yes. Council messenger? Yes. Mayor Byron? Yes. All right.

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Moving on to the General Engineering Contract Extension for

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Duberry Engineers Incorporated, Mr. Calhoun.

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Yes, ma'am.

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This is falling up on our last meeting when you all approved the contracts for

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the other three continuing services contractors and we found an error in the rates table.

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And so we've got the rate table corrected and I'm suggesting we approve Duberry for

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two years as we've done the three providers.

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All right. Does anybody have any questions for Mr. Calhoun?

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All right. Seeing none, do we have a motion to approve the agreement for renewal for

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do very engineers and corporated?

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Senate motion.

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Do we have second?

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Second.

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Madam Clerk, please call the vote.

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Councilor Horvath?

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Yes.

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Vice Mayor Livingston?

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Yes.

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Councilor Messenger?

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Yes.

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Councilor Rogers?

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Yes.

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Mayor Bond?

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Yes.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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with that we're going to adjourn the special workshop meetings and then we're going to call to

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work of a city council meeting for the workshop. Mark please call the roll. Councilor Horde. Yes.

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Vice Mayor Livingston here. Councillor messenger. Councillor Rogers. Mayor Vonne here. All right.

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do we have anyone for public comment? Okay seeing no one and there is no proposed

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ordinances there's another opportunity for public comment any one second time

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all right no one for public comment does anybody have anything that they'd like

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to say during council comments anyone okay just briefly I just want to say like I

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that I know I saw you there on May or on Friday,

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but just that we're losing pipe for this week.

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And it's very sad because she really has been a pillar

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of city of Neptune Beach for a very long time.

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So if anyone sees her out in the community,

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if you're listening to this, like send her her well wishes.

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So, and it was a beautiful retirement event.

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You guys did a great job.

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So thank you, Vice Mayor.

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Yeah, it was a great event.

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And we did actually a proclamation at that event.

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Is it going to be September 25th?

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Or September 24th is going to be Piper Turner Day.

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So the celebration will go on and it will live on.

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I know we all love Piper.

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All right.

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Anything else for council comments?

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Mayor, I believe you normally make a comment

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to the public about why.

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but item number six under issue development being pulled?

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Yes, it is being pulled.

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Messenger.

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When you pulled them, you normally give

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a little context for the audience.

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And so I just didn't know if you wanted to do it.

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Yeah, you know what?

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I scribbled it out on my agenda,

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and I just went right over it.

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So we are taking off the issue development.

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And we're not going to be discussing amendment three

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or property tax reform today.

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All right.

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Um, anybody else? Have anything? Okay. Then we're going to go ahead and we're going to adjourn

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workshop meeting and then we're going to call the town hall to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

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Councillor Horde. Yeah.

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Vice Mayor Livingston. Yeah.

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Councillor Messinger.

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Councillor Rogers. Here. Mayor Violent. Here.

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All right. So we're going to open public comment and this is open topics. People can ask questions about anything

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that they'd like to ask. Does anybody have anything that they would like to ask?

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All right. Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and adjourn. Thank you.