City of Groveland City Council: August 20, 2026 (Agendas)
Meeting Overview
Type: Three City Council sessions on one day: a City Council Symposium at 10:00 A.M., a City Council Special Meeting at 12:30 P.M., and a Closed Executive Session at 1:30 PM Location: E.L. Puryear Building, 243 S. Lake Avenue, Groveland Record: The three agendas. The minutes of the August 20 meetings are scanned files without a text layer; this record carries the agendas only, and the outcomes stay with those minutes.
Agenda Items
Symposium Item 1: Water & Wastewater Capacity
- Type: Other (utility capacity discussion)
- Request: The Symposium agenda lists one item, "Water & Wastewater Capacity."
- Action: Scheduled
Special Meeting Item 1: Resolution 2026-54, Clean Water Facilities Plan, Groveland Utilities North Water Reclamation Facility
- Type: Other (utility facilities plan for State Revolving Fund eligibility)
- Case Number: Resolution 2026-54
- Location: A 25-acre site owned by the City, for a facility "to serve northern Groveland"
- Request: Adopt the Clean Water Facilities Plan prepared by Woodard & Curran. The agenda summary: "Resolution 2026-54 approves a planning document to be resubmitted to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection after DEP review and changes to enable State funding via grants or loans of design and construction of a new wastewater treatment facility – or water reclamation facility - to serve northern Groveland on a 25-acre site owned by the City. Any funds borrowed for the project are planned for repayment through the wastewater impact fee program."
- Action: Scheduled
- Notable Discussion: The City Council tabled this resolution to August 20, 2026 at its August 17 meeting. The item title cites a plan dated June 30, 2026; the resolution text and the staff memorandum cite July 30, 2026.
Public Hearings Summary
The Special Meeting agenda provides a public comment period before adjournment. The three agendas carry utility, ethics and litigation items.
Key Signals
- Groveland set a morning session on utility capacity ahead of the facilities plan vote. The Symposium's single item, Water & Wastewater Capacity, precedes the Special Meeting at which Resolution 2026-54, the North Water Reclamation Facility plan, returns after being tabled on August 17.
- Repayment for the north plant is planned through impact fees. The agenda summary states that any funds borrowed for the project "are planned for repayment through the wastewater impact fee program."
Raw Notes
- Special Meeting Item 2: Resolution 2026-57, which would extend the Ethics Advisory Committee's deadline to October 30, 2026 and direct it to review ethics provisions in the City's Employee Handbook.
- Closed Executive Session (1:30 PM): attorney-client session on two consolidated lawsuits against the City, Lake County Case No. 2022-CA-001874\2022-CA-002117.
- Sources: Symposium agenda, https://groveland-fl.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202026-1452; Special Meeting agenda packet, https://groveland-fl.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202026-1455; Closed Executive Session notice, https://groveland-fl.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202026-1454.
- The September 8, 2026 consent agenda lists the August 20, 2026 City Council Special Meeting minutes and executive session minutes for approval; the minutes files themselves are scans. At the September 3, 2026 workshop, Transportation and Public Works Director T.J. Fish referred to "the recently approved Clean Water Facilities Plan."