Commission City of Palatka Commission Meeting- 10-8-26

Palatka City Commission meeting, October 8, 2026: Commissioners discussed significant water-treatment-plant and utility-system concerns, including unfinished integration of the approximately $3 million GAC filtration system, offline storage tanks, incomplete controls/SCADA, and the need to coordinate project schedules and funding through a comprehensive infrastructure master plan. Staff estimated roughly $500,000 in tank-related work and more than $1 million for the control-system work, and said utility reserves may be needed along with a professional engineering firm to develop and oversee the plan. Commissioners emphasized water quality, project accountability, and protecting developments already in the pipeline. They discussed a possible pause or moratorium on future development approvals while capacity and system constraints are assessed, but no such action was clearly adopted in the transcript.

The commission approved Resolution 2026-R179, amending the agreement with Ramos Advisory LLC for senior advisory and administrative support through June 17, 2027, with a not-to-exceed amount of $105,000. The city manager said the expense was covered in the budget; an assistant city manager position, budgeted at approximately $150,000, remained unfilled. Annexation and related land-use applications were also debated amid legal and survey-documentation concerns; the transcript records a 3–2 roll-call vote but does not clearly identify the motion or its outcome. No other procurement award was clearly identified.