There was one ordinance and four resolutions for consideration at the Nov. 2 Bartow City Commission meeting. None elicited input from commissioners, and each was dispensed with via unanimous 4-0 roll call votes (Commissioner Leo E. Longworth was not present).
City Attorney Sean Parker provided background on Ordinance No. 2026-12 (first of two readings). Fundamentally, it concerns itself with utility services in areas where Bartow and Lakeland overlap, much of it on the north side of the city, and specifically the Wind Meadows neighborhoods (which are located off County Road 540A)…