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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1225 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958
The attached April 26, 2023 Community Redevelopment Agency minutes were approved
at the June 28, 2023 Community Redevelopment Agency meeting.
Chairman Fred Jones
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ette Williams, City Clerk
Regular City Council & CRA Meeting
April 26, 2023
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and more service. The monthly cost will go up about $3.00 at $19.45 a month. He said
he was offended that a representative for our state representative would come up and
suggest illegal doing at our pulpit; he was offended to suggest that somebody is getting
paid.
Council Member Dixon said in response to those that asked why the City only received
one bid is because Sebastian is known as a subscription community and the other
company could not be bothered wondering if they could make enough money off the
residents. She said her thinking was that if they do universal, at the next time they might
have more competitive bids.
She reminded the audience that Himanshu Mehta, Managing Director at the Indian River
County transfer station said it was operating at mostly capacity. However, if the City
went with the subscription service, more people may drop the service and impact the
transfer station. They also considered the people who refuse to pay and put their garbage
in the paying customer's containers or in the City's parks. She reminded them that they
didn't make the decision lightly.
Council Member Dodd said he has a gigantic amount of empathy for those that feel they
cannot pay for the service. He said he intends to propose a grant program to assist those
that can't pay for the service. He said he didn't hear Ms. Aguirre say that Council didn't
do anything illegal but he did hear woke and communist. He asked how many people
would like the ability to opt in to choose to have street repair or stormwater maintenance.
He noted there are all kinds of things that citizens pay for that they don't use. He said he
has a great amount of sympathy and noted there wasn't anything woke or communist
about the Council Members on the dais. They are trying to do the best job they can for
the overall populous
—8. Mayor Jones recessed the City Council meeting and convened the Community
Redevelopment Agency meeting at 7:47 p.m.
A. MOTION by Mr. Dodd and SECOND by Vice Chairman Nunn to approve the
October 12, 2022 CRA Meeting minutes passed with a unanimous voice vote of
5-0.
23.077 B. Fiscal Year 2022 CRA Annual Report in Accordance with F.S.163.371 - Accept
and Forward to Citv Council (Transmittal. Report)
MOTION by Mr. Dodd and SECOND by Vice Chairman Nunn to accept the 2022 CRA
Annual Report passed with a unanimous voice vote of 5-0.
—9. Chairman Jones adjourned the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting and
reconvened the City Council meeting at 7:48 p.m.
10. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of Minutes — April 12, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting