Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Regular Public Meeting
| Regular Public Meeting | September 23, 2014 | 2:00 PM | Printable version |
AGENDA
Revisions *posted 09-22-14 2:45PM
Public Participation
Persons wishing to speak during the Citizens to be Heard portion of the agenda, excluding Regular Agenda items and Public Hearing items, must complete a yellow card. Persons wishing to speak regarding a Regular Agenda item or a Public Hearing item must complete a blue card. Cards should be given to staff at the table located at the front of the Assembly Room. At the scheduled section of the meeting when the item is before the Board of County Commissioners (Board), the Chair will call each speaker, one by one, to the podium to be heard. Each speaker may speak up to three minutes. Persons who have been authorized to represent a group of five or more individuals, who are present, should limit their presentation to 10 minutes. Items may be taken out of order by the Chair.
Invocation by Reverend Eric Eichinger from Bethel Lutheran Church in Clearwater.
Pledge of Allegiance
I. PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims Proclamation
Manufacturing Day Proclamation
Fire Prevention Week Proclamation
Fire Professional Awards of the Year:
Emergency Fire Dispatcher
Fire Professional
Special Operations Team
II. a. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD – (New Board-Related Business)
Ron Russell, St. Petersburg, re mediation.
John Hood, Belleair, re 1st Amendment.
Mark Klutho, Largo, re stupidity, waste.
Greg Pound, Largo, re Pinellas County Government.
III. CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under this item are considered to be routine and action will be taken by one motion without separate discussion of each item. If discussion is desired by a member of the Board, that item(s) will be moved from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTROLLER
1. Approval of minutes of the regular meeting held August 19, 2014.
2. Reports received for filing:
a. $10,634,282.64 from August 10 to August 16, 2014.
b. $12,084.415.09 from August 17 to August 23, 2014.
4. Miscellaneous items received for filing:
d. Safety Harbor Ordinance No. 2014-13 adopted September 3, 2014, annexing certain property.
f. Tampa Bay Water Board meeting calendar and budget schedule for the year 2015.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Environment and Infrastructure
7. Approval of a grant application with SWFWMD for the Lake Seminole Sediment Removal Phase II Project.
Other Departments
IV. REGULAR AGENDA
Item No. 2a
12. Items for discussion from the Consent Agenda (County Administrator and Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller).
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Environment and Infrastructure
Health and Community Services
Safety and Emergency Services
Other Departments
to be held 10/21//2014
24. Approval of authority to advertise a public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance to adopt an Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement with nine municipalities (Planning and Development Services).
None
26. Other administrative matters.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
None
28. Miscellaneous.
AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
Fire Protection Authority
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS
30. Follow up regarding Surface Water Assessments and Fees.
31. Board appointment process.
II b. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD – (Continued) (General Business)
COUNTY COMMISSION
32. Approval of appointments to the Economic Development Council.
(Morroni elected Vice-Chairman for 11/18/14 – 12/31/14; vote for 2015 officers deferred)
33. Selection of the 2014 Vice-Chairman and the 2015 Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
34. Miscellaneous.
| a. | Commissioner Welch | expressed condolences to the family of Robert Creal. |
| b. | Commissioner Morroni | expressed condolences to the family of Pat Bell. |
| c. | Commissioner Long | extended sympathy and prayers to the Brian Battaglia family. announced she will discuss the Florida Association of Counties conference at the next meeting. |
| d. | Commissioner Justice | moved, seconded by Commissioner Long and carried, that Madison Blake be appointed as the Youth Advisory Committee representative for Parks and Conservation Resources – announced Pinellas County is a Certified Local Government for Historic Preservation. |
| e. | Commissioner Roche | re possible candidates to sit on boards he will be vacating in November. |
| f. | Chairman Seel | attended the Historic Preservation Summit last week. announced salary of Administrator Mark Woodard has been negotiated retroactive to August 5, 2014, noting he will receive an annual salary of $235,000, no car allowance and no deferred compensation; moved by Commissioner Roche, seconded by Commissioner Long and carried – |
If the afternoon portion of the meeting has not concluded by 5:30 p.m., a recess will be taken from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. The remainder of the afternoon agenda will resume at 6:00 p.m., followed by public hearings.
6:03 P.M.
V. SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS
The procedure used by the Board in conducting public hearings is to have a staff presentation followed by the applicant presenting the specific proposal. The Board will then hear comments from the proponents followed by comments from the opponents and a staff summary. The applicant will then be given an opportunity to close and the Board will decide on the matter. Please refer to the back of this agenda copy for more details on guidelines for time limitations and opportunities to speak.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
37. Proposed resolutions to adopt final millages and budgets for FY 2015 (second public hearing).
ADJOURNMENT – 6:39 P.M.
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Persons are advised that, if they decide to appeal any decision made at this meeting/hearing, they will need a record of the proceedings, and, for such purposes, they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Office of Human Rights, by written or oral request, at least 48 hours prior to the proceeding at: 400 South Fort Harrison Avenue, Suite 500, Clearwater, Florida 33756, Phone: (727) 464-4880, TDD: (727) 464-4062.
PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES
Public hearings before the Board are governed by the provisions of Section 134-14 of the Pinellas County Land Development Code. That code provides that at the conclusion of each person’s presentation, any speaker may seek the Chair’s permission to ask questions of staff. Specifically:
1. At the conclusion of the presentations by the applicant and any proponents, all affected parties may seek the Chair’s permission to ask questions of or seek clarification from the applicant and/or the proponents.
2. At the conclusion of the presentation by the opponents, all affected parties may seek the Chair’s permission to ask questions of or seek clarification from any opponent.
The applicant’s closing comments will address testimony subsequent to their presentation. Continuing rebuttal of other than directly preceding testimony will not be allowed.
Because much testimony has already been submitted in writing, the applicant should present the entire case in 20 minutes.