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Votes at a glance: City Council actions Oct. 13, 2025 — ordinances, resolutions and agreements

October 13, 2025 | Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida


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Votes at a glance: City Council actions Oct. 13, 2025 — ordinances, resolutions and agreements
At its Oct. 13 meeting the Port St. Lucie City Council took the following formal actions. Where the transcript recorded only a voice vote, counts are recorded as unanimous in the absence of a roll-call tally. All items below were approved by council unless otherwise noted.

Votes at a glance

- Ordinance 25-55 (item 10a): Approved the Globe Townhomes L and D conceptual plan amendment to allow a 13-unit multifamily development on a 1.2-acre site. (Motion carried; voice vote.)

- Ordinance 25-56 (item 10b): Adopted the FY2024-25 budget amendment number 1, increasing total appropriations by $107,064,817 to a total appropriation of $958,106,832. (Public hearing held; motion carried.)

- Ordinance 25-57 (item 10c): Authorized an underground easement to Florida Power & Light for McCarty Ranch (city-owned property). (Public hearing; motion carried.)

- Ordinance 25-58 (item 10d): Authorized partial abandonment and termination of a blanket flowage easement recorded in the county public records. (Public hearing; motion carried.)

- Ordinance 25-60 (item 10f) and Ordinance 25-61 (item 10g): Approved second amendments to two cell-tower lease agreements with Graincom 1 LLC for continued use of existing telecommunication towers at 1001 SE Pineville Street and 1449 SW Apache Avenue. (Public hearings; motions carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-63 (item 11a): Reappointment and appointment of special magistrates and approval of related agreements. (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-64 (item 11b): Authorized acquisition of Lot 23, Block 692 for future expansion of the city's community center complex and authorized the city manager to acquire the property. (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-65 (item 11c): Approved the name Torino Regional Park for the regional park site at 5301 NW Torino Parkway. (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-68 (item 11d): Final acceptance of public roadway improvements for Southwest Riverland Boulevard at Riverland Parcel D. (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-69 (item 11e): Approved acceptance of an exclusive perpetual easement related to a McDonald's site plan. (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-70 (item 11f): Council considered participation in a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 180's statewide limits on local land-use authority. After discussion the council voted to deny participation in the lawsuit (motion to deny carried). The transcript recorded a motion to deny and the motion carried.

- Resolution 25-R-71 (item 11g): Memorialized retiree health insurance coverage policy for employees hired prior to July 12, 2010. (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-72 (item 11h): Repealed Resolution 10-R-79 (updates to retiree health policy for employees hired on or after July 12, 2010). (Motion carried.)

- Resolution 25-R-73 (item 11i): Adopted an updated subsidy policy applicable to employees hired before October 25, 2030. (Motion carried.)

- Item 13e: Approved a 1-year agreement between the City of Port St. Lucie and the Federation of Public Employees (FOPE) for the term through 09/30/2026; the tentative agreement had been ratified by the bargaining unit on 10/10/2025. (Motion carried.)

Meeting process notes: several items were public hearings; public comment was taken for the Globe Townhomes item and for other public-hearing items but no members of the public addressed the council on most ordinances and resolutions. When roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript the clerk indicated approval by voice vote ('Aye') and the mayor announced "Motion carries."

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