Civic Awareness Committee

 

 

Wreaths Across America     Saturday   December 16, 2023   12:00 PM          New Smyrna-Edgewater Cemetery  

On December 16, 2023 at 12:00 pm (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony), Wreaths Across America will be at Edgewater New Smyrna Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud.

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City Council News

The City Council held their monthly meeting on Monday, November 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers.

Some items approved on the consent agenda included:

  • Proposed banking agreement with Truist Bank
  • US Department of Justice Bullet Proof Vest Partnership Grant
  • Insurance lines of coverage insurance for calendar year 2024
  • Contract for retrofitting YMCA roof, windows and doors - approved as stand alone agenda time. 

Some items on the remaining agenda included:

  • Several first and second ordinance readings regarding annexations, rezonings and comprehensive plan amendments - approved
  • First reading of ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan/Disaster Preparedness to authorize City Manager to declare a State of Emergency in the City - approved
  • Resolution requesting relocation of utility and drainage easements and vacation of emergency access easement on Massey Ranch Boulevard - approved
  • Two board appointments - Recreation and Cultural Services and Citizen Advisory Committee to River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization - Haley Vezza appointed to the Recreation and Cultural Services Board and Christine Power appointed to TPO.