TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Calling for a Referendum Question to be Placed before the Qualified Voters of the City of North Port, Florida at a Special Election; Providing a Referendum Question Determining Whether to Finance the New Police Department Headquarters Project Through the Issuance by the City of General Obligation Bonds Payable from the Proceeds of Ad Valorem Taxes Levied on all Taxable Property within the City in Amounts Sufficient to Pay Debt Service on Such Bonds; Providing for Findings; Providing for the Filing of the Ordinance with the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date
Recommended Action
Continue Ordinance No. 2025-03 to second reading on February 11, 2025.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
Approve Ordinance 2025-03 as presented with amendments made as directed at First Reading on January 28, 2025.
Background Information
During the Regular Commission Meeting on December 10, 2024, the City Commission considered agenda item no. 25-1721 regarding referendum questions related to borrowing authority for infrastructure projects and the North Port Police Department Headquarters Project. At the conclusion of their discussion, the Commission unanimously passed the following motion:
> Motion: To direct staff to include referendum questions related to the borrowing authority for designated infrastructure projects and borrowing authority for construction of a new North Port Police Department Headquarters on a date to be determined.
Pursuant to Commission direction, City Clerk Faust confirmed with the Supervisor of Elections that the City of North Port would be able to include the subject referendum questions on the May 13, 2025, special election.
During a Commission Workshop Meeting on January 6, 2025, staff pro...
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