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I reported an issue a few weeks ago with Onbase running sluggish and not loading the links for supporting docs. Staff has reported back they've been working with the provider to mitigate. Related, they shared the maintenance windows for Onbase and posted them on the clerk's page

This Week at Tampa City Council – 10/9/25 Highlighting a few of the items on this week's agenda including an unscheduled $10 million turbine generator for the waste to energy plant plus council to vote on the proposed 25 story ferris wheel at...

Council (and me) are back after a week off, my break lasted through Monday so the preview is a day late.

This week’s agenda includes an unscheduled $10 million turbine generator for the waste to energy plant plus council to vote on the proposed 25 story ferris wheel at the Florida Aquarium.

This Week at Tampa City Council 10/2/25 No council meeting this week in observance of Yom Kippur but a quick clarification on workshops and thank you to supporters.

Council is off this week in observance of Yom Kippur but I wanted to cleanup some misstatements about the role of council workshops and what can be done.

Tampa City Council Take First Step in Raising Mobility Impact Fees While SB 180 Looms Over Land Development There was unanimous support from council to move foward with extraordinary circumstances in determining how much to increase impact fees while the city legal department updated council on the many eff...

Tampa City Council Take First Step in Raising Mobility Impact Fees While SB 180 Looms Over Land Development

SB 180 also used against Ybor parking changes enacted prior to the hurricanes even hitting Tampa. Primarily related to requiring lot owners to provide onsite security staff.

Tampa City Council Rules of Procedure Text based web version of Tampa City Council's Rules of Procedure.

Need to copy some text from council's rules and procedures from a PDF which is always messy so I created a text based web version for future reference. Link to a pdf version also provided.

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Couple of typos in the newsletter. It's been 36 years (not 26) since the fees were created and they were not updated in 2014 when the fee was renamed to "multi-modal". The online version of the post has been updated.

9/25/25 – Impact Fee Workshop Leads the Agenda Council have workshops Thursday morning including the first of two formal workshops required to increase transportation multi-modal impact fees for the first time since adopted in 1989.

This week's impact fee workshop preview.

Agendas 9/25/25 Agendas for Tampa City Council workshop and land use hearings on September 25, 2025.

Related agendas including evening land use hearings. Future land use and alcohol on the slate Thursday evening.

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9/25/25 – Impact Fee Workshop Leads the Agenda Council have workshops Thursday morning including the first of two formal workshops required to increase transportation multi-modal impact fees for the first time since adopted in 1989.

This week's impact fee workshop preview.

‘This was Council member @lynnhurtak.com’s third time with budget process and in that time no one else on council has demonstrated a willingness to get in the weeds with the numbers and follow through’

Council Adopts FY26 – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Tampa City Council adopts mayor's proposed FY26 budget and 5 year CIP with minimal changes. While there were signs of improved budget planning and transparency, issues still remain with some council m...

As anticipated, council adopted the FY26 budget last night.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Council Adopts FY26 – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Tampa City Council adopts mayor's proposed FY26 budget and 5 year CIP with minimal changes. While there were signs of improved budget planning and transparency, issues still remain with some council m...

As anticipated, council adopted the FY26 budget last night.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Final Thoughts on FY26 Budget Putting a period on the FY26 budget process with a heavy dose of opinion from the author.

Finally, some final thoughts before the second reading and adoption of the FY26 budget.

My theme this year is "it's an adoption hearing." Council should know now they own the budget and are responsible for it. If they had any issues with a project or item, there was ample opportunity to change it.

9/11/25 – CRA Meeting Notes Less formal wrap up, more of a complaint about process of what does and doesn't get discussed by the CRA.

Last week's CRA wrap-up includes news the city has suspended the Women & Minorities Business Enterprise program.

Agenda 9/18/25 Tampa City Council agendas for week of September 18, 2025 including morning regular meeting and evening special call land use hearing.

stand alone agenda for the week

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This Week 9/18/25 Beyond the budget adoption this week, council will have a regular meeting on Thursday. TPD goes electric, Fire Station 24 coming into focus and infill housing included on the agenda.

This week at Tampa City Council 9/18/25

Beyond the budget adoption this week, council will have a regular meeting on Thursday. TPD goes electric, Fire Station 24 coming into focus and infill housing included on the agenda.

YouTube video by TampaPD Officer Suspended for Policy Violations During Arrest

Full bodycam/helicopter video released

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still shot from helicopter video showing officer kicking a suspect in the head while pointing a gun at him. The suspect is on his knees hands open and to side.

TPD suspends officer 30 days for violation of police code of conduct. Officer kicked a suspect who was down on his knees in compliance in the head.

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Last night Tom DeGeorge, who garnered 10% of the vote, endorsed Young.

results are unofficial but day of voting is in and Thomas Scott and Naya Young are headed to a run-off. (see previous post for link)

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Early vote/vote by mail are in, Thomas Scott leads with 27.41%, Naya Young 2nd with 12.19% and Fran Tate close behind at 11.3%.

Voter turnout by precinct for D5 special election as of around 6:30pm

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The beat goes on. Moar coffee

While all eyes will be on the special election today, the best goes on. Get caught up.

Agendas 9/11/25 Tampa City Council agendas for September 11, 2025 including morning CRA Board meeting and evening land use hearings.

And agenda

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Council Preview 9/11/25 The CRA Board will meet Thursday morning to vote on seven items, including a services agreement with the city, funding for the West Riverwalk project, and land purchase for a park in Channelside. The ...

New week, new agenda, new preview.

The CRA Board will meet Thursday morning to vote on seven items, including a services agreement with the city, funding for the West Riverwalk project, and land purchase for a park in Channelside.

There will be no wrap-up post this week.

Just picture a big rubber stamp.

But this goes to why I think there needs to be an evening budget workshop for the general budget. There was one added this year for stormwater, but not an evening for folks who work daytime hours to speak to council, asked questions and participate.

I'm mostly following council budget meeting in real time, slight delay, and I think the decision to combine both agenda items into one and only allow one 3 minute public comment is bad form. Two entirely separate parts of the budget both with equal importance.