Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Regular Public Meeting
| Public Meeting | January 27, 2015 | 2:00 P.M. | Printable version |
Public Participation
Persons wishing to speak during the Citizens to be Heard portion of the agenda or regarding Regular Agenda items and Public Hearing items should complete a comment 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 Chairman 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 four or more individuals, who are present, should limit their presentation to 10 minutes. Items may be taken out of order by the Chairman.
Invocation by Reverend C. Jon Roberts from the Calvary Episcopal Church in Indian Rocks Beach.
Pledge of Allegiance
I. PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
211 Tampa Bay Cares Day Proclamation
Human Trafficking Awareness Month Proclamation
II. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
David Ballard Geddis, Jr., Palm Harbor, re reclaimed water availability.
Carl Hansen, Clearwater, re support for Sheriff and his programs, especially Safe Harbor.
Lenore Faulkner, Madeira Beach, re middle school excellence.
Greg Pound, Largo, re Pinellas families.
Mark Klutho, Largo, re stupidity, waste.
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 December 16, 2014.
2. Reports received for filing:
a. $16,370,128.86 from October 19 to October 25, 2014.
b. $25,015,661.73 from October 26 to November 1, 2014.
c. $34,470,849.51 from November 2 to November 8, 2014.
d. $8,230,877.64 from November 9 to November 15, 2014.
4. Miscellaneous items received for filing:
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Management and Budget
5. Approval of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget Amendments Nos. 2 and 3.
6. Adoption of resolutions appropriating earmarked receipts for a particular purpose in the FY 2015 general fund budget for:
See Item No. 10
a. Justice and Consumer Services and the Judiciary.
Other Departments
7. Receipt and file reports of:
a. Non-procurement items delegated to the County Administrator (County Administrator).
c. Administrative budget amendments from October 1 to December 31, 2014 (Management and Budget).
d. Law Enforcement Trust Fund from October 1 to December 31, 2014 (Management and Budget).
e. Sheriff’s Office grants received from October 1 to December 31, 2014 (Management and Budget).
IV. REGULAR AGENDA
Items Nos. 4a and 6a
10. Items for discussion from the Consent Agenda.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Departments
to be held 2/24/15
13. Other administrative matters.
Announcement of a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) public hearing on behalf of the Pinellas County Educational Facilities Authority.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
None
14. Miscellaneous.
AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND COUNCILS
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Authority
16. Approval of one appointment and four reappointments to the EMS Medical Control Board.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS
17. Dunedin Causeway Project Development and Environment Study.
COUNTY COMMISSION
19. Approval of an appointment to the Housing Finance Authority.
20. Approval of updated 2015 Boards and Committees appointments.
21. Miscellaneous.
The members extended prayers to Commissioner Eggers for a speedy recovery.
| a. | Commissioner Long | discussed recent trip to Cuba. |
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| b. | Commissioner Welch | thanked Commissioner Long for her leadership in heading up the delegation to Cuba. Inquired about the Tourist Development Council’s perspective in terms of American tourism in Cuba. thanked St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce for invitation to address its annual meeting; acknowledged the good work Mr. Woodard is doing countywide; and discussed City of St. Petersburg’s proposal for Penny allocation for new Police Department, and Mr. Woodard provided update. discussed retirement of the mainframe and congratulated the Clerk and Constitutional Officers who worked hard to make the retirement a success. |
| c. | Commissioner Gerard | inquired re ethics training. Florida Association of Counties to offer training at Legislative Conference in March. |
| d. | Chairman Morroni | discussed recent trip to Cuba and expressed pride at the sight of American flag in front of hotel. announced that Pinellas County Connection Television will change to Channel 637 on Bright House Networks Cable effective February 9, noting that Verizon and WOW! will not be affected. |
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.
6:00 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
ADJOURNMENT – 6:02 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 Chairman’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 Chairman’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 Chairman’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.