City of Deltona  
2345 Providence Blvd.  
Deltona, FL 32725  
Minutes  
City Commission  
Monday, October 7, 2024  
5:30 PM  
2nd Floor Conference Room  
CITY MANAGER AGENDA REVIEW  
DECORUM POLICY: The City of Deltona has a significant interest in conducting  
orderly and efficient public meetings, which includes preventing disruption,  
promoting civility, and preserving decorum. To that end, behavior which disrupts or  
impedes the efficient and orderly conduct of any public meeting, as determined by  
the Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, is not  
permitted. The Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, may  
interrupt, warn, or terminate a speaker’s statement when that statement is too  
lengthy, personally directed, abusive, obscene, irrelevant, or otherwise reasonably  
perceived to be a disruption to the fair and orderly progress of the discussion at  
hand. The Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, may also  
interrupt any part of the meeting to warn any individual that they are being  
disruptive or otherwise impeding the efficient and orderly conduct of the meeting.  
The Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, may require  
any individual to leave a public meeting for its duration if that individual is unable to  
observe this Policy after being warned. Should an individual be required to leave a  
meeting for violating this Policy, that person shall be escorted from Commission  
Chambers by a Volusia Sheriff’s Deputy.  
1. CALL TO ORDER:  
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Avila.  
2. ROLL CALL – CITY CLERK:  
Present:7 -  
Mayor Avila  
Vice Mayor JodyLee  
Commissioner Avila-Vazquez  
Commissioner Colwell  
Commissioner Heriot  
Commissioner McCool  
Commissioner Shimkus  
3. ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS:  
A.  
Public Hearing - Ordinance No. 07-2024, amending Section 22-186 to  
22-191, of Article VI, “Street Vendors” of Chapter 22 “Businesses” of  
the Land Development Code, at first reading.  
The Planning and Development Director gave a brief overview of the item.  
Commissioner Colwell arrived at 5:32 p.m.  
The Commission and staff discussed outdoor dining, fixed seating, advantages of food  
trucks, encouraging brick and mortar businesses, paying taxes, loitering, code  
enforcement, business tax receipts, storing equipment, overnight parking, operating in  
residential areas, and the fee schedule.  
B.  
Public Hearing - Ordinance No. 09-2024, amending the Official Zoning  
Map to rezone + 10.10 acres of land located at 3141 Howland Boulevard  
from General Commercial (C-2) and Business Planned Unit  
Development (BPUD) to BPUD, at second and final reading.  
The Planner Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
The Commission and staff discussed parking opportunities, turn lanes, working with the  
County, and making changes to the plan.  
C.  
Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2024-54, Declaring Zoning in Progress  
regarding amendments to the Land Development Code Section 110-319  
PUD, Planned Unit Development to establish criteria to achieve  
exceptional quality community designs.  
The Planning and Development Services Director gave a brief overview of the item.  
The Commission and staff discussed the Live Local Act, affordable housing, lot allowances,  
current developments, and focusing on residential development.  
Vice Mayor JodyLee arrived at 5:46 p.m.  
D.  
Public Hearing - Ordinance No. 15-2024, amending Chapter 30-31,  
Elections and adding Sec. 30-38, Filing Officer, at first reading.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
The Commission and staff discussed naming a designee.  
4. OLD BUSINESS:  
5. NEW BUSINESS:  
A.  
Request for approval to appoint Fire Chief Snyder as the designated  
government official and Deputy Fire Chief Swisher as the designated  
alternate government official for the City of Deltona to the opioid  
settlement government committee.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
B.  
Request for approval to expend no more than $60,000.00, per  
household, in Florida Housing Finance Corporation State Housing  
Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) funds for the Owner-Occupied Repair  
projects, listed below.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
The Commission and staff discussed S.H.I.P. funds.  
C.  
Renewal requests for Acentria-United Health Care Employee Benefits  
and Service Contract.  
The City Manager introduced the item.  
The Commission, Robin Wright (Acentria Insurance) and staff discussed money saved,  
employee benefits, the budget, preventative care, health fairs, and covering more for less  
money.  
6. CONSENT AGENDA: The Consent Agenda contains items that have been  
determined to be routine and non-controversial. If discussion is desired by any  
member of the City Commission, that item must be removed from the Consent  
Agenda and considered separately. All other matters included under the Consent  
Agenda will be approved by one motion. Citizens with concerns should address  
those concerns by filling out a public participation slip and giving it to the Deputy  
City Clerk prior to Consent Agenda items being pulled.  
D.  
Request for approval of purchases for FY24-25 contingent on approval  
of final budget.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
The Commission and staff discussed redundancies, the Human Resources (HR)  
Department, bring things back to the Commission, and emergency purchases.  
The Commission decided to table this item during the Regular Commission Meeting of  
October 7, 2024.  
E.  
F.  
Request for approval of engagement with Purvis Gray, LLC to provide  
professional external audit services.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
The Commission and staff discussed the information gathered by the yearly audit and the  
previous audit presentations.  
Request for approval for roadway transfer from Volusia County to the  
City of Deltona, specifically for that portion of Fernanda Drive from  
Howland Boulevard East to the Fernanda Subdivision Entrance at  
Landing Lane.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
Commissioner McCool requested that this item be tabled during the Regular Commission  
Meeting of October 7, 2024 until after the impending storm.  
H.  
Request for approval of the Team Volusia Economic Development  
Corporation Cooperative Agreement for 2024-2025.  
The City Manager introduced the item.  
Commissioner McCool requested that the Team Volusia agreement continue until such  
time that the new Economic Development staff was familiar with the City and staff no longer  
needed their services.  
The Commission discussed keeping the contract for another year, dealing with  
land-owners, negotiations, bonus for the Economic Development staff, and bringing in jobs.  
A.  
B.  
C.  
G.  
I.  
Request for approval of minutes of the Regular Commission Meetings  
of September 4th & September 16th, 2024, as presented.  
Request for approval of the Quarterly Reports of City Advisory  
Boards/Committees.  
Request for approval of the 2025 holiday, meeting and invocation  
calendars.  
Request for Approval of Interlocal Renewal Agreement with Volusia  
County Sheriff’s Office for provisions of Law Enforcement Services.  
Request for Approval of Letter of Engagement with Marsha  
Segal-George, Esquire for general government law as the City Attorney  
until the new City Attorney is retained.  
The City Manager gave a brief overview of the item.  
Commissioner Heriot arrived at 6:10 p.m.  
The Commission and staff discussed the replacement process.  
J.  
Request for approval of bid award for fiber optic cable expansion from  
Howland Blvd and Austin Ave. to Dwight Hawkins Park, and  
accompanying Resolution No. 2024-59 which represents a budget  
amendment.  
K.  
Request for recognitions for the month of October.  
L.  
Requests for presentations before the City Commission.  
7. ADJOURNMENT:  
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:13 p.m.  
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Sarah Kulakoski, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT