BoCC Regular Session & Public Hearings: July 2, 2024

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CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIR)
00:10
INVOCATION Murphy Hanley, Polk County Fire Rescue Chaplain PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIR)
C. PRESENTATIONS and RECOGNITIONS CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD
01:21
C.1. Comments.
D. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
08:50
D.1. Approve Consent Agenda.
E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
09:03
E.1. Disbursements.
E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
10:29
E.2. Minutes of Regular Board meeting held on June 18, 2024.
G.1. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
11:29
G.1. Adopt Tentative Assessment Resolution and Assessment Roll for the 2024-25 Excessive Bulk Waste Assessments to be collected by the Uniform Method of Collection of Non-Ad Valorem Assessments on the tax bill. (No fiscal impact)
G.2. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
13:16
G.2. Adopt Tentative Assessment Resolution and Assessment Roll for the 2024-25 Nuisance Abatement Assessments to be collected by the Uniform Method of Collection of Non-Ad Valorem Assessments on the tax bill. (No fiscal impact)
G.3. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
13:57
G.3. Adopt Residential Waste Program Services Tentative Assessment Resolution setting the Estimated Assessment Rates for Fiscal Year 2024-25. (No fiscal impact)
G.4. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
14:36
G.4. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 Fire Services Non-Ad Valorem Assessments.
G.5. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
15:25
G.5. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 Street Lighting Assessments. (No fiscal impact)
G.6. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
16:08
G.6. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 Central Inwood Street Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact)
G.7. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
16:59
G.7. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 Southwest Inwood Street Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact)
G.8. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
17:46
G.8. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 East Bimini Bay Utility Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact)
G.9. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
18:31
G.9. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 Island Club West Utility Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact)
G.10. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
19:11
G.10. Adopt Tentative Rate Resolution for the 2024-25 Skyview Utility Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact)
H.1. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
20:08
H.1. Request Board approve (1) construction contract with MidSouth, Inc. for the Deeson Road lift station and force main improvements project ($2,307,365.50 one-time expense) and (2) CIP Amendment to the FY 23/24 Utilities Community Investment Program Expansion budget and a transfer from reserves in the amount of $250,000.00. This project is partially funded through the American Rescue Plan through the United States Department of Treasury.
H.2. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
24:13
H.2. Approve Subcontract Amendment thirteen between the Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida and Polk County, for the provision of Healthy Families Polk Services for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 ($1,585,843.75 One-time Revenue, $400,000.00 Cash Match Contribution).
H.3. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
26:41
H.3. Approve Lease Agreement between Ruthven Business Park II, LLC and Polk County. ($236,000.04, initial estimated annual expense)
I. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (GEORGE LINDSEY)
30:24
I.1. Appoint Merle H. Bishop, FAICP, CPM, as a member of the Polk County Planning Commission, for the three-year term, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.
I. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (GEORGE LINDSEY
30:46
I.2. Commissioner Lindsey Comments.
J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON)
30:49
J.1. Commissioner Wilson Comments.
K. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO)
30:52
K.1. Commissioner Santiago Comments.
L. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (NEIL COMBEE)
31:03
L.1. Commissioner Combee Comments.
M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIR)
31:17
M.1. Chair Braswell Comments.
N. LAYBOARD APPOINTMENTS
31:34
N.1. Appoint Michael Phillips as a member of the Tourist Development Council for the four-year term, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2028.
N. LAYBOARD APPOINTMENTS
31:58
N.2. Appoint Zach Burek as a member of the Tourist Development Council for the four-year term, September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2028.
P.1. PUBLIC HEARINGS
32:18
P.1. PUBLIC HEARING to consider adopting an ordinance providing for publication of legal advertisements and public notices on a publicly accessible website in lieu of using a newspaper when newspaper publication is required by Polk County ordinance, resolution, code, board policy, or administrative order.
P.2. PUBLIC HEARINGS
40:40
P.2. PUBLIC HEARING to consider adoption of an ordinance granting an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption to an expanding business, Publix Super Markets, Inc., and approval of a Performance Agreement with the company.
P.3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
43:30
P.3. PUBLIC HEARING (LDCT-2024-7 Water Star Text Amendment) (Adoption Hearing) to consider an amendment to the Land Development Code to add Chapter 2, Section 212, Plumbing Fixtures and Appliances, and amend Chapter 2, Section 226, Irrigation Systems. (No Fiscal Impact)