Board of County Commissioners
333 Chestnut Street, Palm Room, Clearwater
Agenda — 93 items
- 1 ROLL CALL - 9:32 A.M.
- 2 INVOCATION
- 2 Others Present: Barry A. Burton, County Administrator; Jewel White, County Attorney; Derelynn Revie, Board Records Manager; and Jessica Oakes, Board Reporter
- 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 4 PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
- 1. Palm Harbor’s 100th Anniversary Proclamation: - Members from Palm Harbor Main Street
- 5 Acting Chair Eggers provided brief opening comments regarding events related to recent and upcoming holiday celebrations, including Memorial Day, D-Day, Flag Day, and July 4th; whereupon, he expressed appreciation to Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputies for their presence at Board of County Commission meetings.
- 2. Pride Month Proclamation: - Benjamin Stinson-Hurwitz, Equality Florida - Byron Green, St. Pete Pride - Bior Guigni, St. Pete Pride - Immani Love, St. Pete Pride - Jeffery Lorick, Director, Pinellas County Office of Human Rights
- 3. Juneteenth Proclamation
- 8 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
- 4. Citizens To Be Heard - Public Comment.
- 10 Page Break
- 11 PUBLIC HEARINGS
- 12 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- 5. Case No. FLU-25-02 (St. Philopateer Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church) A request for a Future Land Use Map amendment from Residential Suburban to Institutional on approximately 4.0 acres located at 2261 Tampa Road in Palm Harbor, unincorporated Pinellas County.
- 13 All public hearing items have been properly advertised. Affidavits of Publication have been received and are on file in the Board Records Department.
- 6. Resolution approving the 2025-2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, including the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan and authorizing actions related to the administration of the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, and Emergency Solutions Grant programs and authorize submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- 7. Petition of Pinellas County Housing Authority to vacate Adams Circle (12301 134th Avenue North, Largo), as dedicated in Official Records Book 4719, Page 1833, lying within lots 25,26, and 27, Pinellas Groves Subdivision in the southwest ¼ section 09-30-15 Pinellas County, Florida. (Legislative)
- 8. Resolution imposing and collecting a non-ad valorem special assessment levied solely on property owned or leased by non-public hospitals to fund the Hospital Directed Payment and Low-Income Pool Programs and approval and delegation of authority to the Chairman to execute Letters of Agreement and Letters of Agreement questionnaires in substantially similar form with a combined amount not to exceed the levied assessment total to initiate Intergovernmental Transfers as match to enhance reimbursement levels for hospitals.
- 9. Amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget realigning reserves and operating expenses and recognizing unanticipated revenue for Capital Projects and Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office; reduce Debt Service Payments and Transfer from Tourist Development Tax Fund in the Tourist Development Tax Debt Service Fund.
- 18 Page Break
- 19 CONSENT AGENDA - Items 10 through 21
- 20 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTROLLER
- 10. Minutes of the regular meetings held April 22 and May 6, 2025.
- 11. Vouchers and bills paid from April 27 through May 24, 2025.
- 22 Approval of the Consent Agenda
- 23 Reports received for filing:
- 12. Southwest Florida Water Management District Annual Comprehensive Report for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2024.
- 25 Miscellaneous items received for filing:
- 13. Correspondence from the City of Dunedin regarding voluntary contraction of certain property.
- 14. City of Tarpon Springs Ordinance No. 2024-08 annexing certain property.
- 15. Juvenile Welfare Board FY25 Q2 Financials.
- 29 Page Break
- 30 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPARTMENTS
- 31 Administrative Services
- 16. Declare surplus and authorize the sale of County-owned equipment and vehicles.
- 33 County Administrator
- 17. Receipt and file report of non-procurement items delegated to the County Administrator for the period ending May 31, 2025.
- 35 Page Break
- 36 Public Works
- 18. Award of bid to Grading & Bush Hog Services, Inc. for guardrail services and materials.
- 19. Award of bid to Southern Precast Concrete Corporation for pipes, reinforced concrete, PVC, precast slabs, and related materials.
- 39 Page break
- 40 Utilities
- 20. Joint Project Agreement with the City of Madeira Beach for the relocation and replacement of County Utilities conflicting with the City’s proposed roadway and drainage system improvements along Pruitt Drive, Marguerite Drive, Bayshore Drive, and Parsley Drive.
- 42 Page Break
- 43 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 21. Receipt and file report of civil lawsuits filed against Pinellas County as delegated to the County Attorney.
- 45 Page Break
- 46 REGULAR AGENDA
- 47 ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA - None
- 48 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPARTMENTS
- 49 Construction and Property Management
- 22. Change Order No. 1 to the agreements to increase the upset limit with Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Harbour Construction, Inc., Johnson-Laux Construction, and New Vista Builders Group, LLC for requirements of Job Order Contracting for construction services...label Recommended Action:..Recommended Action Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the agreements to increase the contract upset limits with Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Harbour Construction, Inc., Johnson-Laux Construction, and New Vista Builders Group, LLC for requirements of Job Order Contracting for construction services. · This contract provides Job Order Contracting for facility maintenance, repair and minor construction. This request is to increase the upset limit of each agreement to effect work that is ready to process. Budgeted funds are available; these agreements are the mechanism to process work that is scoped and ready to go such as roof replacements, office remodel projects, multiple projects at the County Detention center and other assorted projects for Board of County Commissioner departments and other Constitutional Officers. · This contract was competitively solicited and awarded by the Board of County Commissioners on August 10, 2021 for a five year term through August 9, 2026. Change Order No. 1 increases the 4 contractors $3,000,000.00 each for a total combined increase of $12,000,000.00 and a revised contract total of $36M. · For funding information See RecommendedAction_25-0742A.pdf document that is attached. Contract No. 21-0324-CP; in the amount of $3,000,000.00 through August 10, 2026. This Change Order is an increase of $12,000,000.00 to the upset limit of the contract; Authorize the Chairman to sign and the Clerk of the Circuit Court to attest...Body Strategic Plan: Foster Continual Economic Growth and Vitality 4.4 Invest in infrastructure to meet current and future needs Deliver First Class Services to the Public and Our Customers 5.3 Ensure effective and efficient delivery of county services and support Summary:..Summary Change Order No. 1 to the Agreement, increasing the upset limits with Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Harbour Construction, Inc., Johnson-Laux Construction, and New Vista Builders Group, LLC for requirements of Job Order Contracting for construction services $3,000,000.00 each for a total combined increase of $12,000,000.00 and a revised contract total of $36M..
- 51 Page Break
- 52 County Administrator
- 23. Municipal Services Taxing Unit special project funding for the Friends of Palm Harbor Troop 26 Replacement of Exterior Door and Windows at Troop 26 Boy Scout Hut
- 24. Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2030.
- 55 Page Break
- 56 Housing & Community Development
- 25. Funding recommendations for Emergency Solutions Grants program - Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing funding.
- 26. Resolution authorizing conveyance of surplus parcel to Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County, Inc.
- 59 Page Break
- 60 Public Works
- 27. Award of bid to Cone & Graham, Inc. for the 13th Street/Sands Point Drive Bridge replacement.
- 28. Award of bid to Weeks Marine, Inc. for the Pinellas County Beach Renourishment project.
- 29. Change Order No. 1 to the agreement with Hubbard Construction Company for Fiscal Year 2025 Pavement Preservation - Package 1.
- 30. Emergency Watershed Protection Program forms for the National Resources Conservation Service for tree debris removal from various channels throughout unincorporated County.
- 31. Federal Emergency Management Administration Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Assurances - Construction Programs form for the Signalization Improvements Project for mast arm conversion at nine locations.
- 32. Grant funding agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Urban Stream Restoration Utilizing Phosphorus Mitigation and Realtime Variable Rate Injection and Monitoring Systems.
- 33. Second Amendment to the agreement with Hardesty & Hanover, LLC for the Beckett Bridge replacement project.
- 68 Page Break
- 69 Safety and Emergency Services
- 34. Application to receive E911 trust fund monies from the State of Florida for Additional Modules for RapidSOS.
- 71 Page break
- 72 AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
- 73 Emergency Medical Services Authority
- 35. Renewal of Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for non-medical wheelchair transport and stretcher van providers.
- 75 Page Break
- 76 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 36. Proposed initiation of litigation in the case of Pinellas County v. Truc Nguyen and Tammy Phan; all heirs known and unknown - action for foreclosure of Special Magistrate lien.
- 37. County Attorney Reports - None
- 43. County Commission New Business: Pertinent and timely Committee/Board updates, policy considerations, administrative/procedural considerations, and other new business: · Departmental Proclamations and Federal Holidays: July - December 2025 (Commissioner Scott) · Staff Sergeant Sitton Resolution (Commissioner Latvala)
- 79 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
- 43. County Commission New Business: Pertinent and timely Committee/Board updates, policy considerations, administrative/procedural considerations, and other new business: · Departmental Proclamations and Federal Holidays: July - December 2025 (Commissioner Scott) · Staff Sergeant Sitton Resolution (Commissioner Latvala)
- 38. County Administrator Reports · Next steps related to Pasco County’s request for letters of support regarding the State Road 54 and U.S. 41 Interchange · Completion of Budget Information Sessions and next steps
- 81 COUNTY COMMISSION
- 39. Appointment to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals (Board of County Commissioners as a whole).
- 40. Appointments to the Tourist Development Council (Board of County Commissioners as a whole).
- 41. Appointment and reappointment to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (Board of County Commissioners as a whole).
- 42. Reappointments to the Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Board (Board of County Commissioners as a whole).
- 43. County Commission New Business: Pertinent and timely Committee/Board updates, policy considerations, administrative/procedural considerations, and other new business: · Departmental Proclamations and Federal Holidays: July - December 2025 (Commissioner Scott) · Staff Sergeant Sitton Resolution (Commissioner Latvala)
- 87 ADJOURNMENT - 12:03 P.M.