Christian Peterson
reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com
On Monday, Feb. 10, the Mayo Town Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting began with the council adopting the agenda for the evening and approving the minutes from the previous meeting. The council then called for public comment, to which there was one response.
Chris Land stood up to speak, representing the Hornets' baseball team. He provided the council with the baseball schedule and then explained his request. Last year, the team received some complaints due to the amount of parking along the back of the baseball field; he explained some people were annoyed and felt that it wasn't handled properly. So, in an effort to fix that issue, Land requested the city shut down Willis Avenue between Crawford and Pasco streets at 7 p.m. for varsity home games. Land continued, explaining that it wouldn't cut anyone off from being able to get home, and they only wanted it specifically for varsity home games, nothing else. He expected that closing it later at 7 p.m. would also help, giving people more time to use the road after work. The council explained that they saw no issue with the request and unanimously approved it.
The council moved on to the next item on its agenda, continuing the discussion on the Taylor McGrew Municipal Cemetery that was postponed from the January meeting. Unfortunately, there had been no movement on the item, and it was postponed indefinitely. The council then moved on to its next item, the Resilient Florida Planning Grant Task Assignment to Mott McDonald. After a small presentation from Circap and Mott McDonald, the council chose to table the item, giving time for the town attorney to review the paperwork.
The council then called for department head reports. First to stand up was Sampson Edwards, who told the council that he had the kickoff meeting for the wastewater plant project. He let the council members know that the groundbreaking would take place no later than April, and the project was estimated to be completed by June of 2026. He ended by saying that all the American Rescue Plan funds had officially been spoken for, and he was working on compiling invoices and records to submit as proof to the state. After some more general discussion about the council focusing on working with the county during the legislative session to get things done, the meeting was brought to a close.
The next Mayo Town Council meeting will be held on Monday, March 10, at 7 p.m. in Town Hall, located at 276 W Main St.