On the agenda: Clermont City Council Meeting — Data Center (Aug 25)

CITY OF CLERMONT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLERMONT CITY HALL
AGENDA
3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 25, 2026
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is given the opportunity to do so, the following will apply to all comments made by the public. Each speaker will be permitted 3
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CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATION

Alberta Mae "Toni" Bell-Rescoe
PRESENTATIONS

Employee of the Quarter
Quarterly Budget Presentation
Parking Garage Update
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
The next portion of the meeting is the consent agenda which contains items that have been determined to be routine and noncontroversial. If anyone in the audience wishes to address a particular item on the consent agenda, now is the opportunity for you
to do so. Additionally, if staff or members of the City Council wish to speak on a consent item, they have the same opportunity.

Item No. 1 - Council Meeting Minutes

Consider approval of the August 11,
2026, Meeting and August 18, 2026,
Special Meeting minutes.

Item No. 2 - Surplus Request

Consider declaring end-of-life
inventory as surplus from the
departments of Finance, Human
Resources and Fire and provide
disposal per the Procurement Policy.

Item No. 3 - Resolution No. 2026-030R
FY 2025/2026

Consider approval of Budget
Amendment #4 for Fiscal Year 20252026

Item No. 4 - Resolution No. 2026-037R
Fire

Consider adoption of the 2026 Lake
County Local Mitigation and Resilience
Strategy Plan

Item No. 5 - Open Container Request
Ali Family Reunion

Consider Open Container Request on
September 5, 2026 at the Highlander
Pavilion.

CITY OF CLERMONT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLERMONT CITY HALL
AGENDA
3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Item No. 6 - Police Dispatch Agreement Renewal
2026/2027

Consider the Law Enforcement
Dispatch Services Agreement in the
budgeted amount of $612,504.

Item No. 7 - Urban SDK Four Year Contract

Consider contract approval from
August 15, 2026, through August 15,
2030, at a cost of $16,800 per year for a
total cost of $67,200.

Item No. 8 - Piggyback Term Contract
Temp. Staff Svcs.

Consider approval to piggyback
Volusia County Term Contract No. 23P-83TF with all seven awarded vendors
to provide temporary staffing services.

Item No. 9 - Request For Qualification Award
Landscape Architecture

Consider awarding Term Contracts to
the following eight (8) firms: Dix.Hite
+ Partners, Inc., Halff Associates, Inc.,
LandDesign, Inc., Wade Trim, Inc.,
CPH Consulting LLC., Jacobs
Engineering Group, Inc., Kimley-Horn
and Associates, Inc., and LJA
Engineering, Inc.

Item No. 10 - Request For Qualification Award
ADA Compliance

Consider awarding Term Contracts to
the top six (6) firms: Germana
Engineering and Associates, Terracon
Consultants, Inc., Kimley-Horn and
Associates, Inc., Jacobs Engineering
Group, Inc., Dewberry Engineers, Inc.,
and WGI, Inc.

Item No. 11 - Purchase/Install and Budget
Amendment
City Hall 1st Floor A/C

Consider approval of the replacement of
the HVAC condensing unit and indoor
coil in the amount of $98,530.49, plus a
10% contingency of $9,853.05 for
unforeseen conditions and incidental
work, for a total not-to-exceed amount
of $108,383.54, and budget amendment
approval.

Item No. 12 - Surplus property sale
Carroll Street

Consider approval of the proposed sale
of surplus City property.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Item No. 13 - Ordinance No. 2026-029 Final
Amend LDC

Consider approval to allow for an
amendment of the Land Development
Code to allow for administrative
adjustments.

CITY OF CLERMONT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLERMONT CITY HALL
AGENDA
3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Item No. 14 - Ordinance No. 2026-030 Final
Smoke Vape Shops Moratorium

Consider approval to establish a 6month moratorium on new smoke/vape
shops.

Item No. 15 - Ordinance No. 2026-031 Final
Marijuana Dispensary Moratorium

Consider approval to establish a 6month moratorium on new marijuana
dispensaries.

Item No. 16 - Ordinance No. 2026-032 Final
Data Centers Moratorium

Consider approval to establish a 6month moratorium on data centers.

Item No. 17 - Citizen Request

Charlene Forth made a request to
address Council regarding the
downtown R-3 residential district.
NEW BUSINESS

Item No. 18 - Resolution No. 2026-026R
Elite Vet. Specialists CUP

Consider a Conditional Use Permit to
allow for a veterinary clinic to operate
within the M-1 Industrial District.

Item No. 19 - Ordinance No. 2026-025 Intro
Amend LDC

Consider the ordinance introduction of
a Land Development Code amendment
to adopt Chapter 129, Outdoor Lighting
and Dark Sky Standards.

Item No. 20 - Council Member Request

Discuss creating a bike and pedestrian
pathway along East Avenue, as well as
installing a large, enhanced crosswalk
between Aurelia M. Cole Academy and
Cypress Ridge Elementary School.

Item No. 21 - Council Member Request

Discuss placing public notices in the
Clermont Sun.
REPORTS
ADJOURN

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CITY OF CLERMONT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLERMONT CITY HALL
AGENDA
3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 25, 2026
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