11/26/2024
AUTHOR: Jenifer Bright
Patriots
Ormond Beach City Council– A new workbook for Fiscal Year 2025 has been created to reflect Nov 6th forward . The 2023 and 2024 data is available upon request. The City of Ormond Beach posts its agendas on the Friday before the Tuesday meeting. As of Nov 11th the Minutes are current to Oct 15th.
Next City Council Meeting is Dec 3, 2024 at 7pm as well as an Advisory Board Workshop at 5:30 p.m.City Hall 22 South Beach Street, Ormond Beach
As of Nov 19th Fiscal Year 2025 our city council has:
| DATE | (All) | |||
| Resolution/Ordinance # | (All) | |||
| Values | ||||
| Agenda | Status | # of Agenda Items | Sum of Expenditure | Sum of Revenue |
| consent | approved | 16 | $8,443,466 | $0 |
| Approval of Minutes | approved | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PUBLIC HEARINGS | approved | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| 1st READING OF ORDINANCES | approved | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| 2nd READING OF ORDINANCES | approved | 2 | $41,451,789 | $0 |
| DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ITEMS | Pulled | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nominations for Deputy Mayor | approved | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Resolutions | approved | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Grand Total | 27 | $49,895,255 | $0 |
detailed information by member in excel file below.
Volusia County allocates over $60 million to municipalities for stormwater projects, studies Ormond Beach will receive $350,000 for three stormwater
studies. More studies! The city should use the money to fix the issues, NOT keep studying them. Attached is the 2023 Stormwater Master Plan
Update report; the city has already done the studies NOW FIX the ISSUES.
Volusia County Council – The file is from Jan 5 2023 – Oct 15 2024. As of Nov 11th the county is current to Oct 15th on the action reports, Without current action reports or minutes we do not have a written record on how our elected officials voted. The 2024 minutes are through 9/17/2024 with the exception of 9/3/2024. I think we need to ask WHY is the county publishing the minutes out of order WHAT do they not want the public to see!
I have added tabs to the Volusia County file that gives:County Council Agenda Items that affect Ormond Beach and tabs for each councilman to show how they are voting on Development/Property/Land issues
The next Volusia County Council meeting is Dec 3, 2024 at 9 am Frank T Bruno Jr. County Council Chambers, Rooms. 2004/2007 123 W. Indiana Avenue DeLand. Week in the News” has the links to articles for the week ending November 24th on: Rick Scott, Cory Mills, Tom Leek, Bill Partington, Volusia County, City of Ormond Beach, Florida Property Insurance and Misc .
Cory Mills Pivot table with this week’s voting record, ending Nov 15th . You can change the dates to view back to Apr 12 2024. The Cory Mills tab is a list of his voting record Apr 12 – Nov 15 2024.
Legislation sponsored: NONE
Legislation cosponsored:
- H.R. 6751 – Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 8331 – Essential Caregivers Act of 2024
- H.R. 9625 – JUDGES Act of 2024
Member Remarks in the Congressional Record: NONE
I found this linkCongress Watchdog LLC | A Media Company it has some fascinating information and appears to have the receipts to back their claims.
Tom Leek – No Changes since Last Week
Thank you
Jennifer Bright, Committee Leader
11/18/2024
AUTHOR: Jennifer Bright. Watchdog Committee Leader. RCOBA
ORMOND BEACH CITY.
PATRIOTS: Here is the information and answers I received back from the email I had sent the city on October 1st . Within the review matrix there are many policies NEW and existing that are a blueprint for the New Green Deal. The city has Density bonuses available within the Planned Residential Development zoning district (ex Ormond Crossings). If this Comprehensive Plan goes as written it will take an act of God to get anything changed, and the Developers will make a fortune and we the citizens will be left holding a bag of S____ !
A few highlights and outstanding issues are:Housing ElementA data and analysis section at the beginning of the file has a lot of great information. One that really stands out is the Projected Residential Development, all the subdivisions the city is planning to put in 5,780 units. Of these 920 are multi-family, more apartments, more traffic, more crime. there are 260 units that pay no rent, subsidized housing?
The city wants to push Planned Residential Developments via the city commission to “foster varied housing opportunities” (NEW policy 1.1.7)The city wants to promote mixed use developments, Residential in commercial areas. (NEW policy 1.1.8)NEW Policies 1.2 thru 1.2.3 reference FL Statute 163.3177(f)(1)(b) “The elimination of substandard dwelling conditions.”making you think each of these policies are in the statute when in fact the city is embellishing and adding more layers of bureaucracy. NEW Objective 1.3 and NEW Policies 1.3.1 thru 1.3.10 are embellishing on FL statutes to grow bureaucracy and line the pockets of developers. New Objective 1.5 DISPLACEMENT in doing a search of FL Statute 163.3177 NOWHERE is Displacement referenced. I think they meant to reference Section 421.55 which basically states that the city must pay when they take you property. Will verify when I have a follow up meeting with the planning department.The city further tries to blur what they are doing by taking Policies moving and renumbering them using the old policy numbers to create New Policies.
If you would like to see the Statues referenced in the Housing Element Review Matrix I have pulled and tagged with the policies let me know and I can forward
Thank you
Jennifer Bright, Committee Leader
RCOBA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE
11/14/2024
AUTHOR: Jennifer Bright
Patriots
Ormond Beach City Council – A new workbook for Fiscal Year 2025 has been created to reflect Nov 6th forward . The 2023 and 2024 data is available upon request. The City of Ormond Beach posts its agendas on the Friday before the Tuesday meeting. As of Nov 11th the Minutes are current to Oct 15th.
Next City Council Meeting is Nov 19, 2024 at 6pm City Hall 22 South Beach Street, Ormond Beachit will be an Organizational City Commission Meeting ONLY As of Nov 6th Fiscal Year 2025 our city council has:
detailed information by member in excel file below.
The NEW “OB Monthly Development Report 11_24” posted below. There is a lot of great information in this report, construction residential and commercial, upcoming meetings that pertain to development and planning, and ongoing projects in the city.
Volusia County Council – The file is from Jan 5 2023 – Oct 15 2024. As of Nov 11th the county is current to Oct 15th on the action reports, Without current action reports or minutes we do not have a written record on how our elected officials voted. The 2024 minutes are thru 6/18/2024. I think we need to ask WHY is there such a long delay, almost 6 months, and WHY the county does not want the written minutes of the county council meetings OUT for the public to see!
I have added tabs to the Volusia County file that gives:County Council Agenda Items that affect Ormond Beach and tabs for each councilman to show how they are voting on Development/Property/Land issues
The next Volusia County Council meeting is Nov 19, 2024 at 4pm Frank T Bruno Jr. County Council Chambers, Rooms 2004/2007
“Week in the News” has the links to articles for the week ending November 13th on: Rick Scott, Michael Waltz, Cory Mills, Tom Leek, Bill Partington, Volusia County, City of Ormond Beach, Florida Property Insurance and Misc .
Cory Mills Pivot table with this week’s voting record, ending Nov 13th . You can change the dates to view back to Apr 12 2024. The Cory Mills tab is a list of his voting record Apr 12 – Nov 13 2024.
Legislation sponsored: NONE
Legislation cosponsored:
- H.Res. 1566 – Honoring the service and sacrifice of America’s veterans on Veterans Day, 2024.
- H.R. 2757 – Puerto Rico Status Act
Member Remarks in the Congressional Record: NONE
I found this linkCongress Watchdog LLC | A Media Company it has some fascinating information and appears to have the receipts to back their claims.
Tom Leek – No Changes since Last Week
Thank you
Jennifer Bright, Committee Leader
RCOBA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE
11-7-2024
AUTHOR: Jennifer Bright
Patriots
We have accomplished a lot. The results of the Election prove this, but there is so much more to do. We must keep up the momentum and clean up our State, County and City governments.
“Week in the News” has the links to articles for the week ending November 5th on Rick Scott, Michael Waltz, Cory Mills, Tom Leek, Volusia County, City of Ormond Beach, Florida Property Insurance and Misc .
The U.S. Congress is out of session until November 12th.
Michael Waltz Pivot is a pivot table with this week’s voting record, ending Sep 25th. You can change the dates to view any of the 2023/2024. The Michael Waltz tab is a list of his voting record 2023/2024.
Legislation sponsored: NONE
Legislation cosponsored: NONE
Member Remarks in the Congressional Record: NONEThe U.S. Congress is out of session until November 12th.
Cory Mills Pivot table with this week’s voting record, ending Sep 25th . You can change the dates to view back to Apr 12 2024. The Cory Mills tab is a list of his voting record Apr 12 – Sep 18 2024. Representative Mill’s website does not share his whole voting record. The requests to furnish the information have gone unanswered. Legislation sponsored: NONE
Legislation cosponsored: NONE
Member Remarks in the Congressional Record: NONE
I found this link Congress Watchdog LLC | A Media Company it has some fascinating information and appears to have the receipts to back their claims.
Tom Leek – No Changes since Last Week
Volusia County Council – This data is from the combination of the Volusia County Agenda, Action Report and the Minutes. The file is from Jan 5 2023 – Oct 15 2024, but is currently filtered to show Aug 6 – Oct 15, 2024 Agenda. As of Oct 23rd the county is current to Oct 15th on the action reports, Without current action reports or minutes we do not have a written record on how our elected officials voted. The 2024 minutes are thru 6/18/2024. I think we need to ask WHY is there such a long delay, almost 6 months, and WHY the county does not want the written minutes of the county council OUT for the public to see!There is no Volusia County Council meeting this week found online that it was cancelled!
Ormond Beach City Council – A new workbook for Fiscal Year 2025 has been created to reflect Nov 6th . The 2023 and 2024 data is available upon request after this week. I have started a new file for Fiscal Year 2025. The City of Ormond Beach posts its agendas on the Friday before the Tuesday meeting. As of Nov 6th the Minutes are current to Oct 2nd. MEETING TONIGHT NOV 6TH 7PM
I have located a report the City of Ormond Beach puts out monthly from the Planning Department, I have added it below “OB Monthly Development Report 11_24”. There is a lot of great information in this report, construction residential and commercial, upcoming meetings that pertain to development and planning, and ongoing projects in the city.
I have taken the fantastic Link Chuck sent out on the Five Families of Volusia County and put the information in a word document for easier reading if anyone is interested.
Jennifer Bright, Committee Leader
RCOBA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE
www.repcoba.com
“ We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.” — Ronald Reagan
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