Board of County Commissioners
333 Chestnut Street, Palm Room, Clearwater, FL 33756
Agenda — 83 items
- 1 ROLL CALL - 2:02 P.M.
- 2 INVOCATION by Reverend Bob Fortner
- 2 Others Present: Barry A. Burton, County Administrator; Jewel White, County Attorney; Derelynn Revie, Board Records Manager; and Tammy Burgess, Board Reporter, Deputy Clerk
- 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Commissioner Scott
- 4 PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
- 1. President’s Day Proclamation: - Reverend Bob Fortner, President of Palm Harbor Historical Society and President of Friends of Island Park
- 2. National Engineers Week Proclamation: Public Works - Thierry Ku, Senior Engineer - Ivan Dimitrov, Senior Engineer - Jeff Thompson, Traffic Operations Section Manager Utilities - Raed Yousef, Engineer 3 - Veronica De Bernardo, Engineer 1 - Craig Osmanski, Engineer 3
- 7 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
- 3. Citizens To Be Heard - Public Comment.
- 9 CONSENT AGENDA - Items 4 through 16
- 10 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTROLLER
- 4. Minutes of the regular meeting held December 16, 2025.
- 5. Vouchers and bills paid from January 11 through January 17, 2026.
- 13 Reports received for filing:
- 6. Division of Inspector General, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, 2026 Inspector General’s Annual Plan.
- 15 Miscellaneous items received for filing:
- 7. Forward Pinellas Notice of Public Hearing for proposed amendment to the Countywide Plan Map, Case CW 26-01 Pinellas County, to be held on February 17, 2026.
- 8. Forward Pinellas Notice of Public Hearing for proposed amendment to the Countywide Plan Map, Case CW 26-02 Pinellas County, to be held on February 17, 2026.
- 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 January 31, 2026.
- 10. Receipt and File Report of purchasing items delegated to the County Administrator for the quarter ending December 31, 2025.
- 22 Page break
- 23 Management and Budget
- 11. Award of bid to Tamco Electric, Inc. for light electrical commercial repairs and equipment at various County locations as needed or required.
- 25 Page break
- 26 Public Works
- 12. Award of bid to Cherrytree Group, LLC for brokerage services and revenue contract pertaining to the sale of voluntary cleanup tax credits.
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- 29 Utilities
- 13. Award of bid to Accurate Drilling System, Inc. for the Duhme Road Force Main Replacement.
- 31 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 14. Receipt and file report of civil lawsuits filed against Pinellas County as delegated to the County Attorney.
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- 34 AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
- 35 Sheriff's Office
- 15. Receipt and file report of Sheriff’s Office grants received and service contracts for the quarter ending December 31, 2025.
- 16. Receipt and file report of the Law Enforcement Trust Fund for the quarter ending December 31, 2025.
- 38 REGULAR AGENDA
- 39 ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA - None
- 40 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPARTMENTS
- 41 Airport
- 17. Purchase authorization with ADB Safegate Americas, LLC and Allen Enterprises for runway and taxiway lighting fixtures and equipment.
- 43 Page break
- 44 Human Services
- 18. First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County for the Pinellas County Health Program and the Healthcare for the Homeless program.
- 19. Program recommendation by the Public Safety Coordinating Council for Application to the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse reinvestment grant program.
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- 48 Public Works
- 20. Fiscal Year 2026 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant application for the redesign of East Lake Road from South of Curlew Road to North of Trinity Boulevard.
- 21. Purchase authorization with All American Concrete, Inc., Gator Grading & Paving, LLC, QRC, Inc, and Rowland LLC for rehabilitation services for stormwater sewers.
- 22. Purchase authorization with Inliner Solutions, Inc. for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Services.
- 23. Purchase authorization with Bayside Dredging, LLC for outfall maintenance services.
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- 54 AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
- 55 Business Technology Services
- 24. Increase and extension to the contract with Charter Communications Operating, LLC.
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- 58 Emergency Medical Services Authority
- 25. Issuance of one new Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for provision of non-medical wheelchair transport services.
- 60 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 60 Meeting Recessed: 4:07 P.M. Meeting Reconvened: 6:00 P.M.
- 26. Arbitration decision in the case of Pinellas County v. American Empire Builders, Inc., et al. - Circuit Civil Case No. 24-005706-CI.
- 27. County Attorney Reports - None
- 63 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
- 63 All public hearing items have been properly advertised. Affidavits of Publication have been received and are on file in the Board Records Department.
- 28. County Administrator Reports · Employee Forums · Strategic Planning Process
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- 66 COUNTY COMMISSION
- 29. County Commission New Business: Pertinent and timely Committee/Board updates, policy considerations, administrative/procedural considerations, and other new business.
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- 69 6:00 PM
- 70 PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 71 AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
- 72 Countywide Planning Authority
- 30. Case No. CW 26-01 - Pinellas County Countywide Plan Map amendment from Multimodal Corridor to Retail & Services, regarding 0.6 acre more or less, located at 2500 55th Avenue North.
- 31. Case No. CW 26-02 - Pinellas County Countywide Plan Map amendment from Public/Semi-Public and Preservation to Residential Rural and Preservation, regarding 4.02 acres more or less, located at the southwest corner of Keystone Road and Woodfield Boulevard.
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- 76 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- 32. Case No. LDR-25-03 (Second Public Hearing) An ordinance of Pinellas County, Florida providing for the amendment of the Pinellas County Land Development Code, Chapter 138 - Zoning, related to definitions and a process for the review of reasonable accommodation requests for Certified Recovery Residences Use pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 397.487.
- 33. Case No. ZON-25-06 (Mabani, LLC) A request for a zoning change from R-A, Residential Agriculture, to R-2, Single-Family Residential, on an approximately 0.5-acre portion of a 2.56-acre parcel located at 620 County Road 1 in Palm Harbor. (Quasi-Judicial)
- 34. Ordinance to update the Pinellas County Code Chapter 58 (Environment), Article XVI (Mangrove Trimming and Preservation).
- 80 ADJOURNMENT - 6:32 P.M.