City Commission Highlights Via Social Media

CITY HALL: Lakeland Utility Committee Committee is meeting now. City Commission meeting starts at 3 p.m. Watch both live at https://t.co/CD80dhj9jg. Only five commissioners are here. Mayor Mutz and Commissioner Franklin are absent. #lkld pic.twitter.com/m6nDPA5QEt

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

👏 😍 🏡 Congratulations to our July 2019 Residential Beautification Award winners, Rickey & Martha Harrison of 2119 Woodbine Avenue!

Want to nominate an exceptionally beautiful residence or commercial property in the City of Lakeland? Email bill.koen@lakelandgov.net.#LKLD pic.twitter.com/dFgaOoOz0h

— City of Lakeland (@lakelandgov) July 1, 2019

City proclaims Washington Park/Rochelle High School Alumni Association Day in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Rochelle High School’s final graduating class. Representatives included a valedictorian and two salutatorians, one from the final class. #lkld

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

City Commission is discussing the upcoming city charter vote. Joe Mawhinney, a former city attorney who chaired the committee that drafted the proposed changes, says he is not an advocate for selling Lakeland Electric but always felt the barrier is artificially impossible. #lkld

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

Charter committee recommended tightening term limits. Mawhinney said he personally doesn’t favor them, feeling voters will impose needed limits. Were they in place, limits would have restricted the good work of people like Carl Dicks, Tom Shaw and Peggy Brown, he said. #lkld pic.twitter.com/mNk78BouT6

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

Commissioner McCarley: A 65% vote in an election is still a high threshold for selling Lakeland Electric. She doesn’t think any commissioners want to sell LE, but future commissions and the electorate shouldn’t have their hands tied if circumstances change. #lkld

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

Commissioner @JustinTroller still wants to remove the Lakeland Electric issue from the November ballot. He doesn’t think there is sufficient time to fully educate the public. Calls it a “Trojan horse” amendment. Commission will decide what goes on ballot on July 15. #lkld

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

City Commissin ratifies a collective bargaining agreement with Utility Workers Union of America Local 604 representing Water Utilities employees. https://t.co/SFkosNIp6h #lkld

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

City Commission approves $66.9k contract with Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions Inc. for construction engineering services on the upcoming Lake Hunter stormwater treatment project. https://t.co/Z1cfH9FOJX #lkld

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

Commission supports the naming of six miles of I-4 from east Lakeland toward the Lake Alfred exit in memory of Trooper John Hagerty, who died at age 44 in 1970 when his FHP plane was struck in the area by a low-flying U.S. Navy jet. https://t.co/Wmgeo0J26q pic.twitter.com/2APNsLjrSr

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019

Commissioner @JustinTroller responds that, unlike most cities, Lakeland already owns miles of fiber optics and mentioned cities with successful municipal broadband. #lkld https://t.co/gIhzeLBu13

— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) July 1, 2019