Apopka Budget Workshop Meeting (2025-07-07)

APOPKA CITY COUNCIL AGENDA July 7, 2025 5:00 PM Apopka City Hall Council Chambers APOPKA CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED ON YOUTUBE. TO WATCH, PLEASE VISIT: https://www.youtube.com/CityofApopkaFL CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD The Public Comment Period is for City-related matters that are not on today’s Agenda as business items or public hearings. If you are here to speak for a matter that requires a public hearing, please wait for that item to come up on the agenda. The Public Comment period will be held to a total of thirty (30) minutes. Each speaker will be given three (3) minutes to speak. If you are here for the Public Comment Period, please fill out a GREEN Intent to Speak Form and provide it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. When the Mayor calls for Public Comment Period, the City Clerk will read the submitted GREEN Intent to Speak Forms in the order they were received. Should a large number of citizens submit public comment period speaker cards, the speaking time per citizen may be reduced to a minimum of two (2) minutes per speaker, to give as many citizens an opportunity to speak as possible during the Public Comment Period. Groups of citizens who wish to speak on the same item or concern may elect a spokesperson to speak on their behalf, in which case an additional one (1) minute will be given to the spokesperson’s time per citizen, up to six (6) minutes total. Citizens wishing to elect a spokesperson must be present during the public comment period, indicate the spokesperson on their Intent to Speak forms, and submit their forms together to the City Clerk. If you wish to speak on one of the business items or public hearing items, please fill out a WHITE Intent to Speak Form and provide it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. Once the item has been presented, the Mayor will call for Public Comment on that specific item. At that time, the City Clerk will read the submitted WHITE Intent to Speak Forms for the current item, in the order they were received. Each speaker will be given three (3) minutes to speak. Please refer to Resolution No. 2025-19 for further information regarding Public Participation Policy & Procedures for addressing the City Council. INVOCATION PLEDGE BUDGET MEETING 1. FY2026 Administration, Legal Services, City Clerk, Human Resources, Community and Economic Development Budget Requests Presented by: Radley Williams, Interim City Administrator 2. FY2026 Parks, Recreation, Facilities, and Cemetery Budget Request Presented by: Cynthia Edwards, Interim Parks & Recreation Director 3. FY2026 Finance Department Budget Request Presented by: Blanche Sherman, Finance Director ADJOURNMENT Individuals with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact the City Clerk at least two (2) working days in advance of the meeting date and time at (407) 703-1704. F.S. 286.0105 If a person decides to appeal any decision or recommendation made by Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting, he will need record of the proceedings, and that for such purposes he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Any opening invocation that is offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private person, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the City Council or the city staff, and the City is not allowed by law to endorse the religious or non-religious beliefs or views

of such speaker. Persons in attendance at the City Council meeting are invited to stand during the opening ceremony. However, such invitation shall not be construed as a demand, order, or any other type of command. No person in attendance at the meeting shall be required to participate in any opening invocation that is offered or to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. You may remain seated within the City Council Chambers or exit the City Council Chambers and return upon completion of the opening invocation and/or Pledge of Allegiance if you do not wish to participate in or witness the opening invocation and/or the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.