Board of County Commissioners
333 Chestnut Street, Palm Room, Clearwater, FL 33756
Agenda — 77 items
- 1 ROLL CALL
- 2 INVOCATION
- 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 4 PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
- 1. Building Department Appreciation Day Proclamation: Building and Development Review Services - Jim McKillen, Building Official - Camie Vasser, Deputy Building Official - Robert Dryden, Customer Operations Manager - Bo Cunningham, Building Inspector - Mark Roberts, Plans Examiner - Barbara Metcalf, Permit Technician - Torsha Sneed, Flood Desk
- 6 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
- 2. Citizens To Be Heard - Public Comment.
- 8 CONSENT AGENDA - Items 3 through 13
- 9 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTROLLER
- 3. Vouchers and bills paid from July 12 through July 25, 2026.
- 11 Reports received for filing:
- 4. Division of Inspector General, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Report No. 2026-22, dated July 27, 2026 - Unannounced Audit of the Animal Services Department Change Fund and Petty Cash Fund.
- 5. Division of Inspector General, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Report No. 2026-23, dated July 31, 2026 - Follow-Up Audit of Capital Contracting and General Solicitation Process.
- 14 Miscellaneous items received for filing:
- 6. Pinellas County Tax Collector 2025 Tax Roll Recapitulation.
- 7. Affidavit of Publication of Legal Notice published in La Gaceta regarding Notice of Forfeiture of Unclaimed Money pursuant to Section 116.21, Florida Statutes (Circuit/County Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida).
- 8. City of Clearwater Ordinance No. 9884-26, adopted July 16, 2026, annexing certain properties.
- 18 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPARTMENTS
- 19 County Administrator
- 9. Receipt and file report of non-procurement items delegated to the County Administrator for the period ending July 31, 2026.
- 10. Receipt and file report of purchasing items delegated to the County Administrator for the quarter ending June 30, 2026.
- 22 Emergency Management
- 11. Ratification of County Administrator approval of the Fiscal Year 2026 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending Grant Program funding application for the Lealman Gymnasium Hardening.
- 24 Page break
- 25 Utilities
- 12. Award of bid to Cacique Utilities LLC for the replacement of the existing 24” force main along 54th Avenue North, from PS 126 to the South Cross Bayou Reclamation Facility.
- 27 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 13. Receipt and file report of civil lawsuits filed against Pinellas County as delegated to the County Attorney.
- 29 Page break
- 30 REGULAR AGENDA
- 31 ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
- 32 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPARTMENTS
- 33 Airport
- 14. Award of contract for on-airport rental car concessions services at the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
- 35 Page break
- 36 Convention and Visitors Bureau
- 15. Fiscal Year 2026 Elite Event Funding recommendation from the Tourist Development Council - 2026 Xinsurance Clearwater Offshore Nationals.
- 38 Page break
- 39 Human Services
- 16. First Amendment to the Crisis Stabilization Unit and Pinellas Integrated Care Team Agreement with Personal Enrichment Through Mental Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Eleos to include Care Connect funding.
- 17. Third Amendment to the Permanent Supportive Housing and Safe Haven Agreement with Boley Centers, Inc. to include Care Connect funding.
- 42 Page break
- 43 Management and Budget
- 18. Resolution authorizing the County Administrator, as the County Budget Officer, to waive certain budgetary controls with respect to the American Rescue Plan Act, Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund appropriations to ensure timely expenditure of such funds by the applicable federal deadline.
- 45 Page break
- 46 Public Works
- 19. Third Amendment to the agreement with Precision Sidewalk Safety Corporation for sidewalk trip hazard prevention and maintenance.
- 48 Page break
- 49 Utilities
- 20. Resilient Florida Grant Program application with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for South Cross Bayou Advanced Water Reclamation Facility High Service Pump Station Improvements in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- 51 Page break
- 52 AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
- 53 Clerk of the Circuit Court
- 21. Agreement with JPMorgan Chase, National Association for County banking services
- 55 Page break
- 56 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 22. Amendment to Legal Services Agreement in the case of Pinellas County v. American Empire Builders, Inc., et al. - Circuit Civil Case No. 24-005416-CI.
- 23. Proposed initiation of litigation in the case of Pinellas County v. John Kreps, Est. - action for foreclosure of Special Magistrate liens.
- 24. Proposed ratification of initiation of litigation in the case of Pinellas County v. Brittney Staten and Michael Carey; County Court Case No. 26-007711-CO - petition for custody of cruelly or neglectfully treated animals.
- 25. Resolution approving early extension of 2026 tax rolls.
- 26. County Attorney Reports.
- 62 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
- 27. County Administrator Reports.
- 64 COUNTY COMMISSION
- 28. County Commission New Business: Pertinent and timely Committee/Board updates, policy considerations, administrative/procedural considerations, and other new business.
- 66 Page Break
- 67 6:00 PM
- 68 PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 69 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- 29. Case No. ZON-26-04 (Manuel Jones) A request for a zoning change from GO, General Office, to R-3, Single-Family Residential for approximately 0.21 acre located at 1515 Lakeview Road in unincorporated Clearwater. (Quasi-Judicial)
- 30. Petition of Charles and Rita King, to vacate a portion of a 33-foot-wide right-of-way known as Portsmouth Road, lying east of lots 41 through 43, Gulf Breeze Estates, Plat Book 27, Page 57, lying in Section 30-29-16, Pinellas County, Florida.
- 31. Petition of OVSS Gateway LLC., to vacate a portion of Poultry Boulevard Road/86th Avenue North (County Road Number 139), declared to be a public road in Board of County Commissioners minutes Book 7, Page 23, filed on April 17, 1928, lying along the south 33 feet of 4100 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Gateway Centre Business Park, Plat Book 97, Pages 1-13, Section 22-30-16, Pinellas County, Florida.
- 32. Petition of Robert and Kathleen Warren, to vacate the Northerly 35 feet of the Easterly 17 feet of that right-of-way (East Lake Drive) (1051 East Lake Drive) as recorded in the official records book 5654, page 1434, of the public records of Pinellas County, Florida, lying in section 04-27-16, Pinellas County, Florida.
- 33. Ordinance amending Section 118-32 of the Pinellas County Code relating to the Tourist Development Plan.
- 34. Fiscal Year 2027 Elite Event funding recommendations from the Tourist Development Council. (Regular agenda item that is companion to Legistar File No. 26-1268A)
- 35. Amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget realigning reserves and recognizing unanticipated revenue for requesting departments.
- 77 ADJOURNMENT