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Agenda Item: 8C |
Prepared By: Jim Kornas |
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Business: Staff Communications |
Department: Executive Office |
Subject:
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Manpower Estimate for Installation / Removal of Christmas Lights (J. Martin / J. Parrilli)
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BACKGROUND: At the Committee’s September 3, 2025 meeting, Mr. Eric Condee, accompanied by Ms. Wanda Day Burson and Ms. Barbara Dasti, briefly outlined the work of the Christmas Island Style volunteer Committee/Club on Marco Island.
Mr. Conde, on behalf of the Christmas Island Style Volunteer Committee/Club, conveyed the Club's offer to donate two pallets of new, unused Christmas lights to the City for decorating the light poles along Collier Boulevard without monetary reimbursement to the Club, if the City is willing to commit to: 1) provide the labor to install and remove the lighting along Collier Boulevard for 2025, and; 2) assume responsibility for storing the removed lights at the end of the 2025 Holiday season.
The Committee engaged in dialogue with Messrs. Condee and Public Works Director Justin Martin on potential ways to: 1) generate the funding to hire contract manpower for this effort; 2) ensure that all affected Collier Boulevard light poles have active electric outlets, and; 3) facilitate the City's future storage of the lighting material proposed to be donated by the Christmas Island Style Committee/Club.
Next Steps:
Chair Needles requested that Public Works Director Martin obtain estimates from outside vendors on the cost to install and remove Christmas lights for 40 street light poles along Collier Boulevard for review with the Committee at its October 1, 2025 meeting.
The Committee will also identify and propose alternatives to fund the expected manpower expense for this effort, as well as explore potential post-Holiday storage alternatives for any donated lighting (if received from the Christmas Island Style Committee/Club).
FUNDING SOURCE / FISCAL IMPACT: 2026 Fiscal Year budget, or private donations.
RECOMMENDATION: 1) receive Director Martin’s estimates; 2) determine a way to pay for the labor of installing and removing Christmas lights along Collier Boulevard between the Judge SS Jolley Bridge and North Barfield Drive, and; 3) work with Fleet & Facilities Department Staff to identify potential locations to safely store approximately three pallets of used Christmas lights, if received from the Christmas Island Style Committee for the 2025 Christmas Holiday Season.
POTENTIAL MOTION: None expected at this time.