TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Non-District Budget and Capital Improvement Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for Utilities Costs Due to Hurricane Ian, an Autocar for Solid Waste, Four Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) and Associated Costs for the New Natural Resources Division, Temporary Space for the Parks Maintenance Division, Land and Design for a Police Headquarters and Construction, Engineering and Inspection (CEI) Services for Price Widening Phase 1 in the Amount of $5,347,140; Providing for Findings; Providing for Posting; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Approve Resolution No. 2023-R-42.
Background Information
General Fund
The request from the General Fund is for $150,000. The Park Maintenance Operations Building located at 5455 Pan American Boulevard provides approximately 5,600 square feet of offices, shop/workspace for the Park Maintenance Division. The building sustained damages from Hurricane Ian and it has been determined that repairs are not feasible. A temporary office, shop and yard are needed to support ongoing operations until a new building can be acquired. This funding request is to support the initial set-up and site work to facilitate the temporary trailer for the Park Maintenance Division offices.
Tree Fund
The request from the Tree Fund totals $472,765. The purpose for this request is to create a new Natural Resources Division within the Development Services (DS) Department to oversee protection and conservation of the City's natural resources and resiliency and sustainability efforts. The DS Department proposes to add four new positions. The four new positions are a Natural Resources Manager, Urban Forester, Environmental Planner, and Environmental Specialist. These four new positions, al...
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