4970 CITY HALL BLVD  
NORTH PORT, FL 34286  
City of North Port  
Meeting Agenda  
City Commission Regular Meeting  
CITY COMMISSIONERS  
Phil Stokes, Mayor  
Pete Emrich, Vice Mayor  
Barbara Langdon, Commissioner  
David Duval, Commissioner  
Demetrius Petrow, Commissioner  
APPOINTED OFFICIALS  
Jerome Fletcher, City Manager  
Michael Golen, Interim City Attorney  
Heather Faust, City Clerk  
Tuesday, June 10, 2025  
10:00 AM  
City Commission Chambers  
Amended to Update Attachment on Commissioner Langdon Communication.  
PUBLIC COMMENT: Properly submitted comments will be accepted and included in the official record of the meeting  
pursuant to City Commission Policy No. 2020-04.  
Public comment may be submitted in the following ways:  
In Person Attendance: Submit a comment card to the City Clerk. Comment cards with completed information may be  
submitted until the Mayor closes Public Comment for the agenda item. Public comment is limited to three minutes per  
person.  
Online:  
Submit a written eComment using the eComment link at cityofnorthport.legistar.com/Calendar. The link will be  
available online at 8:00 a.m. the day before the meeting until one hour prior to the start of the meeting. Your public  
comment is limited to 2,000 characters.  
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Leave a voice mail message via telephone at 941-429-1032. Voice Mail messages will be  
accepted the day before the meeting from 8:00 a.m. until one hour prior to the start of the meeting. Please provide  
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CALL TO ORDER  
ROLL CALL  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
2. PUBLIC COMMENT:  
(The purpose of the Public Comments Section of the Agenda is for members of the public to speak to the City  
Commission/District Governing Body on any subject pertaining to City Business whether or not it is on the Agenda, with  
the exception of Quasi-Judicial Items.)  
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS:  
Announcement of Current Advisory Board and Committee Vacancies  
A.  
Attachments:  
4. CONSENT AGENDA:  
(All matters under the Consent Agenda are considered by the City Commission to be routine and will be enacted by one  
motion. Any City Commission member may, however, remove an item from the Consent Agenda by request. Items  
removed for separate discussion will be considered after the motion to approve the Consent Agenda.)  
A.  
Approve the Community Development Block Grant Sub-Recipient  
Agreement, Between Sarasota County, Florida, and the City of North Port,  
Florida, for Social Service Case Management, Contract Number  
B-24-UC-12-0014, in the Amount of $55,000 to Fund Staff Salaries for the  
Social Services Division and Utility Payments for Qualified Recipients, and  
Authorize the City Manager or the Mayor, as Applicable Under the City  
Charter, to Execute all Funding Documents After Legal Review.  
Attachments:  
B.  
Approve Change Order No. 1 to Work Assignment 2023-10PW, Stockton  
Avenue Extension, for Agreement No. 2019-23-09, Continuing Engineering  
Services, Between the City of North Port, Florida and Johnson  
Engineering, LLC in the Amount of $61,620.  
Attachments:  
C.  
Approve the Second Amendment to Software as a Service Agreement  
Between Tyler Technologies, Inc. and the City of North Port, Florida,  
Clarifying the Payment of Fees Related to eCheck Payment Processing for  
Fire Rescue Department Building Inspections.  
Attachments:  
D.  
Approve Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. CAC2023-0027, a  
Technology Services Agreement Between Sarasota County, Florida, and  
the City of North Port, Florida, for the County's Continued Provision of  
Hosting Services for the City of North Port Servers and Network Equipment  
for the Term of Four Months in an Amount Not to Exceed $4,428.08.  
Attachments:  
E.  
Approve the Disposition of Surplus Assets in an Appropriate Fashion  
Pursuant to Chapter 2 Administration, Article VIII Procurement, Section  
2-419, Disposition of City Assets and Property (d) of the Code of the City  
of North Port, Florida.  
Attachments:  
F.  
Approve the Appointment of Tim Drumm as an Alternate I to Serve on the  
Environmental Advisory Board From June 10, 2025, Through June 11,  
2028.  
Attachments:  
G.  
H.  
Approve the Appointment of Anicie Joseph as a Student Member to Serve  
on the Charter Review Advisory Board From June 10, 2025, Through June  
11, 2026.  
Attachments:  
Approve Purchase Agreement With H.K. Dog Training, LLC in the Amount  
of $12,500 to Purchase K-9 Nikon, a Two-Year Old Male Dutch Shepherd.  
Attachments:  
I.  
Approve the Acknowledgement and Agreement to Waive Conflict of  
Interest with Adams & Reece, LLP, for legal services.  
Attachments:  
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS:  
ORDINANCE - First Reading:  
A.  
An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Approving the Imagine  
School on Price Boulevard Development Agreement for the Construction  
and Maintenance of Central Water and Wastewater Facilities, the  
Construction and Maintenance of Two Bridges, and the Maintenance of  
Retention Ditch R-588 for the Property Located North and South of East  
Price Boulevard and East of North Toledo Blade Boulevard; Providing for  
Findings; Providing for Approval; Providing for Filing of Approved  
Documents; Providing for Severability; Providing for Conflicts; and  
Providing an Effective Date.  
Attachments:  
RESOLUTION:  
B.  
A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida,  
Identifying an Inventory List of City-Owned Real Property Sites That are  
Appropriate for use as Affordable Housing; Providing for Incorporation of  
Recitals; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing  
an Effective Date.  
Attachments:  
C.  
A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida,  
Accepting a Non-Exclusive Sanitary Sewer and Access Easement on  
Portions of Property Lying in Section 33, Township 39 South, Range 20  
East, Sarasota County, Florida, and Bearing Sarasota County Property  
Appraiser Parcel Identification Number 0785061000; Providing for  
Incorporation of Recitals; Providing for Filing of Documents; Providing for  
Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.  
Attachments:  
6. PUBLIC COMMENT:  
(The purpose of the Public Comments Section of the Agenda is for members of the public to speak to the City  
Commission/District Governing Body on any subject pertaining to City Business whether or not it is on the Agenda, with  
the exception of Quasi-Judicial Items.)  
7. COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS:  
Commissioner Duval's Communications  
A.  
B.  
Attachments:  
Commissioner Langdon's Communications  
Mayor Stokes' Communications  
C.  
D.  
E.  
Vice Mayor Emrich's Communications  
Commissioner Petrow's Communications  
8. ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:  
9. ADJOURNMENT:  
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS - The Agenda is a summary of the proposed actions to be taken by the City  
Commission. For almost every agenda item, the City staff has prepared materials for Commission consideration and  
provided  
a
staff recommendation. All of these materials are available at the City Clerk's Office, during normal  
fee) copying. Questions on these materials may be directed to the staff  
business hours, for inspection and (for  
a
member who prepared them, or to the City Clerk's Office, who will refer you to the appropriate person.  
AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 - The North Port City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Special parking is  
available on the west side of City Hall and the building may be accessed from the parking area. Persons with hearing  
difficulties should contact the City Clerk to obtain a hearing device for use during meetings.  
NONDISCRIMINATION: The City of North Port does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age,  
disability, family or religious status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or physical  
characteristic in administration of its programs, activities or services.  
No stenographic record by  
a
certified court reporter is made of these recordings. Accordingly, anyone seeking to  
verbatim record of the  
appeal any of the decisions involving the matters herein will be responsible for making  
a
meeting/testimony and evidence upon which any appeal is to be based. Copies of the recordings are available (for  
fee) at the City Clerk's Office.  
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