MINNEOLA CITY COUNCIL MEETS                                                June 3, 2025

The Minneola City Council met in special session on June 3, 2025, in the Civic Connection. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m., with the following Council members present: Marvin Jensen, Dustin Laudick, Chad Kirk (by phone), and Wesley Orr (by phone). Mayor Carol Sibley presided. Also present were Tyler Knox, City Manager and Brenda Stewart, City Clerk.

The purpose of the special meeting was to have a zoom meeting with Attorney Morgan Koon to discuss the RHID.

Several developers are interested in the project but do not want to provide the personal guarantee. Attorney Koon went through the process and finances if the City were to act as the developer. We would go out for bids, set bid opening date, bids would be reviewed by EBH, and then presented to the Council.

If bonded, we would receive a 4-year reprieve. The person who purchases the lot could pick from a list of approved builders. The City would need to develop the requirements/covenant for the Sunrise Addition to protect all the owners in the addition.

Steps moving forward:

1. Tyler to confirm the engineer’s estimate is still good.
2. Have EBH send out request for proposals.
3. EBH will have set a date to open bids.
4. EBH will present the bids to the Council. Probably the July meeting.
5. The Council can approve a bid or decide not to proceed at this time.

The Council agreed to move forward with RFP. Tyler will get with EBH.

Marvin made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Dustin seconded, motion passed 4/0. The meeting adjourned at 9:21 pm.

City Clerk