CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (RICK WILSON, CHAIRMAN)
00:01INVOCATION 1. Pastor Ralph Riera, Iglesia Bautista Unidos Por Fe, Lakeland PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (RICK WILSON, CHAIRMAN)
C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OP
01:142. Craig Morrison, representing Lake Wales Estates, to discuss community concerns.
C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OP
01:213. Ruth Bingham to discuss the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OP
01:354. Comments.
D. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
05:225. Approve Consent Agenda.
E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
05:366. Disbursements.
E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
06:387. Approve Minutes of Regular Board meeting held on October 5, 2021.
G. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
06:55H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
06:598. Consider approval of preliminary redistricting map for Board of County Commissioners based on the 2020 Census data. (No fiscal impact)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
12:499. Approve a Consultant Services Authorization with CHA Consulting Inc. for the Northeast Regional Utility Service Area (NERUSA) Master Plan Update Project. (394,872 not-to exceed, one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
14:2510. Approve amendments No 5 and No 6 to the Agreement with The Lunz Group, Inc., to provide architectural and engineering services for the Masterpiece Road and the Watkins Road Fire Rescue Stations. ($194,007, Masterpiece Road and $195,925, Watkins Road, one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
18:5311. Approve the Emergency Rental Assistance Subaward Agreement with Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc. $4,400,000.00 one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
36:3212. Approve the Emergency Rental Assistance Subaward Agreement with The Agricultural and Labor Program, Incorporated ($3,300,000.00 one-time expense).
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
37:4813. Approve the Emergency Rental Assistance Subaward Agreement with Heart for Winter Haven, Inc. ($660,000.00 one-time expense).
I. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (GEORGE LINDSEY)
37:5614. Commissioner Lindsey Comments.
J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL)
52:3815. Appoint Jeffrey A. Neely as a member of the Northeast Polk County Roadway Advisory Committee for the three-year term, January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024.
J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL)
52:4616. Commissioner Braswell Comments.
K. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO)
52:5017. Commissioner Santiago Comments.
L. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (NEIL COMBEE)
52:5218. Commissioner Combee Comments.
M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON, CHAIRMAN)
52:5619. Chairman Wilson Comments.
N. LAY BOARD APPOINTMENTS
52:5820. Appoint Alice Childs to Housing and Neighborhood Development's Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) for the three-year term, October 19, 2021 through October 18, 2024.
O. PUBLIC HEARINGS
53:35* County Attorney opening comments
O. 21. PUBLIC HEARINGS
55:1221. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a Resolution allowing for the installation of two traffic calming devices (speed humps) on Lake Marion Creek Road, near Haines City. ($10,000 estimated one-time expense)
O. 22. PUBLIC HEARINGS
57:4122. Public Hearing (LDCT-2021-3 Property Maintenance & E911 Uniform Addressing) (First Public Hearing - No Action) a County initiated ordinance amending the Land Development Code to eliminate duplicative language in Chapter 8, Section 830, and Chapter 2, Section 223.
O. 23. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:06:5023. Public Hearing (LDCT-2021-10 Land Use Hearing Officer Expansion) (Adoption Hearing) to consider a county-initiated ordinance amending the Land Development Code to expand the types of applications heard by the Land Use Hearing Office and to revise the appeal process.