- Gainesville City Commission will discuss the timeline for a permanent city manager search following Cynthia Curry’s 2025 retirement.
- Gainesville will vote on a red-light camera contract with RedSpeed Florida to install two cameras at key intersections and conduct a 60-day education campaign.
- Gainesville considers a $5.7 million renovation of NE 8th Avenue’s eastern segment and a 27-acre annexation near Archer Road.
The Gainesville City Commission will consider several significant items at Thursday’s regular meeting, including the timeline for a permanent city manager search, a contract for red-light cameras, funding Heartwood Soundstage, a $5.7 million renovation of NE 8th Avenue and a 27-acre annexation.
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. for the morning section, 1 p.m. for the afternoon section and 5:30 p.m. for the evening section. The full agenda can be found here.
City manager search
Andrew Persons currently serves as city manager following the retirement of Cynthia Curry in October 2025. The City Commission selected Persons, chief operating officer at the time, to fill the vacancy until a national search could start.
The agenda item lacks a recommended action, with the commissioners set to discuss a timeline. But any action could come from that discussion. In past talks, commissioners have discussed timing the search so as not to interfere with a busy budget season that lasts from April through September…