Speaker numbers apply only to this recording.
The Mayor and City Council held a work session on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 1:00 PM at City Hall. The meeting included reports on closed sessions, approval of minutes, a bid opening for the Racquet Center renovation, a fire prevention commission restructuring, renewal of a Coca-Cola beverage franchise contract, and discussion of signage regulations in the unimproved right-of-way along Baltimore Avenue. All votes were taken with seven council members present and in favor.
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this work session. Today is Tuesday, September 29th, 2026, just after 1 p.m. First on the agenda. I have a notice, and I have two reports of our closed sessions. First, we have a closed session from today's date. Prior to the mayor and city council's open session being held at 1 p.m. today here at City Hall beginning at twelve noon. We uh went to close, we had a closed session. Topics of discussion were legal real estate and public security matters. Persons present were Mayor Rick Meehan, City Manager Terry McGean, Council President Matt James, Council Secretary Will Savage, Councilmembers John Garrick, Jake Metressic, Carol Proctor, Peter Bois, and Jeff Heiser, City Clerk Diana Chavez, City Solicitor Heather Stansbury, our tourism and business development director, Tom Perlazzo, and we are also joined by Tim Sweetwood and Adam Shyland with C three presents. The mayor and council consulted with uh legal counsel on legal matters, reviewed public security scheduling needs for certain events, and we're provided an update about ongoing property acquisition negotiations. I had a motion from Councilmember Metresic, seconded by Secretary Savage to close the closed session. That passed with five in favor. Council members Heiser and Proctor were out of the out of the room at the time of the vote. And the closed session closed at 104 p.m. Next, uh directly following the mayor in the city council's open session, uh, which was held at six p.m. on September twenty-first, twenty twenty-six. A closed session was held here at City Hall. Topics of discussion were real estate matters. Persons present were Mayor Rick Meehan, City Manager Terry McGean, Deputy City Manager J.R. Harmon, Council President Matt James, Council Secretary Will Savage, Councilmembers John Garrick, Jake Metresick, Peter Bus, and Jeff Heiser, City Clerk Diana Shavis, City Solicitor Heather Stansbury. I had a motion from Councilmember Metresick, seconded by Councilmember Gehrig to close that closed session with six in favor. Councilmember Proctor was absent and that closed session adjourned at 706 p.m. Next, we have comments from the public. Any person who may wish to speak on a matter scheduled for discussion on the work session agenda may be heard during comments from the public for a period of three minutes or such time as may be deemed appropriate by the council president. Anyone wishing to be heard shall state their name, address, and the agenda item on which he or she wishes to speak. Would anyone like to speak this afternoon? We'll move on to new business. Item A is a request to approve minutes from regular session number 14, dated September 21st, 2026. Councilmember Gehrig with the motion. Councilmember Bus with the second. All right. Motion from Councilmember Garrick, second by Council Member Buis. All those in favor? All right. Motion carries with seven in favor. Next, we have a bid opening for the Ocean City Racket Center renovation. And what is the staff estimate? Terry, the budget for this is two point four million. That's correct. Two point one five. Next bid is Parkinson's contract.