The City Commission on Sept. 25 approved a $142,865 paving contract (Resolution 2025–74) to mill and resurface several street segments next fiscal year, and commissioners asked staff to evaluate additional sections and clarify state responsibility for nearby roads.

What passed
The contract covers mill-and-resurface and repaving tasks that staff identified for the coming fiscal year. The staff presentation listed segments including North Flagler (Moody to Second Street), Palm Avenue (Springdale to the cul-de-sac), South Sixth (A1A to Lakeshore) and a portion of South Central (from First to Third). The staff report and contract included milling as an option where required; commissioners asked that milling be performed on sections that need it rather than a thin overlay.

Discussion highlights
- Commissioner Bellhumor pressed staff on why only a two-block section of South Central (First to Third) was included, noting the pavement south of Second Street shows pronounced washboarding and asked whether the scope could be extended to Third through Eighth. Staff said RoadBotics pavement assessment informed the project list, and that some sections farther south did not reach the threshold the assessment used. The commission asked staff to obtain additive pricing from the contractor for additional milling/resurfacing so the work could be done in one mobilization if funds allow.
- Commissioners also asked staff to confirm whether parts of North Flagler and Moody Lane are state-owned (FDOT) and therefore potentially covered by FDOT resurfacing rather than the city. Staff said they would verify FDOT jurisdiction and, where FDOT is responsible, pursue coordination.

Public comment
A resident urged that the city retain millings from the contractor for municipal reuse. Another resident suggested that if FDOT must pay for a portion of the work, the city should not duplicate it.

Vote
The resolution passed on a 3–1 vote. Commissioner Cunningham recorded the dissent; the motion passed with the majority directing staff to seek milling and additional additive pricing where practical, and to check jurisdictional responsibility with FDOT.

Context and budget notes
The staff memo shows the city budgeted roughly $287,000 for paving work in the coming fiscal year; the approved contract covers $142,865 of that total. Staff said projects not in this particular contract could be included in future contracts or triggered as add-alternates when the contractor mobilizes to the city.

Quoted in meeting
"If milling is required, then it has the additional cost," a staff member said, explaining that milling was included as an option in project proposals.

Next steps
Staff will ask the awarded contractor for pricing to extend milling/resurfacing to the more damaged section of South Central (Third to Eighth) and will confirm FDOT responsibilities for North Flagler and Moody Lane before executing the full scope.