City of Lake Wales City Commission: September 22, 2026 (Agenda)
Meeting Overview
Type: Regular Meeting, Commission Chambers, Municipal Administration Building, 201 W. Central Avenue Quorum: Not stated in an agenda Duration: Not stated in an agenda
An agenda record: items are scheduled, and outcomes belong to the minutes once posted.
Attendance
- Present: Not stated in an agenda
- Staff Present: Not stated in an agenda
Agenda Items
Item 9.I: Ordinance 2026-23, Vacation of Right-of-Way, 9th St N, Second Reading and Public Hearing
- Type: Other (right-of-way vacation)
- Case Number: Ordinance 2026-23
- Location: "Approximately 100 feet of public right-of-way located east of 9th Street North and north of a vacant City-owned parcel"
- Applicant: "The City's Public Works Department"
- Request: Vacate the right-of-way described above
- Action: Scheduled (second reading and public hearing, under Old Business)
Public Hearings Summary
Scheduled public hearings: Ordinance 2026-23 (right-of-way vacation) and the second budget hearings, Ordinance 2026-18 (millage) and Ordinance 2026-19 (budget).
Key Signals
- A 100-foot right-of-way vacation east of 9th Street North is scheduled for second reading. Ordinance 2026-23 is the only land-use item on the agenda; the Public Works Department requested it, and the land to its south is a vacant City-owned parcel.
- A new sailing education facility is on consent as an MOU. Staff requests approval of a memorandum of understanding with Lake Wales Pram Fleet, Inc. "regarding development of a new sailing education facility."
- Park capital work is on consent. The Crystal Lake Park Loop Trail construction award is listed at $1,734,181.98, alongside playground demolition and new equipment at Kiwanis Park.
Raw Notes
- Routine items scheduled: second reading of Ordinance 2026-18 (FY2026-27 millage of 8.0462 mills) and Ordinance 2026-19 (FY2026-27 budget); appointments to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals and the Citizens and Police Community Relations Advisory Board; consent items for minutes of September 9 and 16, the Lake Wales History Museum operation and lease agreements ($175,000), the Lake Wales High School homecoming parade, removal of fully depreciated fixed assets, two special event permits (First Institutional Missionary Baptist Church Community Fest; Lake Wales Live concert series).
- The Crystal Lake Park Loop Trail item attaches a bid sheet, a GMP exhibit and an owner and construction manager agreement (project 25-13), with file names marked 2026-0922.