OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Several public hearings were among the agenda items heard at the Ocala City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, with unanimous votes in favor of approving a permit for beer, wine and liquor sales and a zoning change.
The first of those on the agenda concerned SunTran’s proposed budget for federal fiscal year 2025, which includes section 5307 grant funds from the Federal Transit Administration, the Florida Department of Transportation Block Grant funding, as well as total revenue credits, and local matches from the city and the county for a total budget of $6,300,562. This is an additional grant that supports operations and capital funding. SunTran currently has nine federal and state grants that are active and come up to a total of just over $26.4 million, and a significant portion of that is capital, said Tom Duncan, SunTran and City of Ocala transit administrator.
However, the agenda item at the Jan. 6 city council meeting was to seek public comment and requests only regarding the SunTran budget. There were no public comments…