Below is a summary of some of the approvals and decisions made by the City Commission at a meeting on Monday, August 24, 2020. To watch meetings live or to watch recorded meetings on-demand, please visit: https://www.wpb.org/government/communications/wpb-tv18/watch-wpb-tv18-live or https://www.wpb.org/government/communications/wpb-tv18/watch-the-latest-city-commission-meeting

• Approved authorizing the appropriation of funds in the amount of $2,000 for Census 2020 promotion and activities for the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach. The Mandel Public Library applied for the Library Census Equity Fund mini-grant from the American Library Association (ALA) in November of 2019 for Census awareness and activities. The application was not awarded at that time. A recent change in ALA funding has provided new available funds, and ALA is now able to award a $2,000 mini-grant to support 2020 Census outreach activities for the Mandel Public Library.
• Approved submittal of an application for the State Aid to Libraries Grant in the estimated amount of $106,000 to the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services to assist the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach in maintaining and developing vital services during FY 2020-21. The State will determine the amount of grant to be awarded to the City. However, it is estimated to be up to $106,000.
• Approved transferring funds from the Building Permitting Fund to the Information Technology Replacement Fund to provide appropriations for the capitalization of the Tyler EnerGov Software project for the Development Services Department. The Tyler EnerGov Software Project is to replace the current Sungard CommunityPlus and eGovPlus Land Management Applications systems. Expenditures for the capitalization of the Tyler EnerGov Software Project in the amount of $7,425,128 will be accounted for in the Information Technology Replacement Fund, a Capital Project Fund.
• Approved an agreement between the City of West Palm Beach and Townhomes at Conniston, LLC for the water main replacement on Lambert Avenue for a not-to-exceed amount of $80,000; and appropriating $80,000 for utility work within the City's right-of-way on Lambert Avenue in accordance with the agreement. Townhomes at Conniston, LLC (the "Developer") is developing The Townhomes at Conniston located at 403 Conniston Road, which is on the northeast corner of Lambert Avenue and Conniston Road. The existing City-owned water main on Lambert Avenue is undersized and exceeded its useful life. The City desires to replace the water main on Lambert Avenue, and the City and Developer wish to coordinate their efforts while Lambert Avenue is under construction to perform the City water main replacement work.
• Approved amending the contract with Moonfest related to the Clematis 500 Block event to modify terms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This resolution amends agreement to reduce the number of weekend closures required and provides additional time for submission of the reimbursement request and all related backup.

For a complete list of the approvals and decisions made at the August 24, 2020 City Commission Meeting, please click here to view the pass/fail agenda.

To watch meetings live or to watch recorded meetings on-demand, please visit: https://www.wpb.org/government/communications/wpb-tv18/watch-wpb-tv18-live or https://www.wpb.org/government/communications/wpb-tv18/watch-the-latest-city-commission-meeting