BCC-Regular

April 7, 2026
ACTION AGENDA
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 

ROBERT L. ANDERSON ADMINISTRATION CENTER
4000 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL
COMMISSION CHAMBER
VENICE, FLORIDA


 
09:00 a.m.



INVOCATION



NO ACTION TAKEN
1.

CONSENT SECTION:

APPROVED/AUTHORIZED
2.
CAPITAL PROJECTS
To approve and authorize the County Administrator, or designee, to execute Work Assignment No. 260606 to Contract No. 2022-115 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the Septic System Replacement Program Area N Force Main Improvements Design, in an amount not to exceed $588,515.00.

ratified
3.
COMMISSION SERVICES
To ratify the previously issued proclamations as follows:

A.
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week;

B.
National Quilting Month;

C.
National Nutrition Month;

D.
Child Abuse Prevention Month.

DECLARED/AUTHORIZED/MOVED
4.
GENERAL SERVICES
To declare the identified tangible personal property as surplus property, authorize the disposal of the surplus property, and move the surplus property to a disposed of status.

APPROVED/ AUTHORIZED
5.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

A.
To approve and authorize the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a human services program contract for Emergency Shelter Homeless Outreach Team beds with The Salvation Army commencing October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, in the total amount of $1,133,325.00;

B.
To authorize the County Administrator, or designee, to approve and execute any amendments, extensions, or ancillary documents pertaining to the contract.

REAPPOINTED
6.
LIBRARIES & HISTORICAL RESOURCES
To reappoint Christina Pitchford to serve a three-year term on the Library Advisory Board, effective through May 2029.

AUTHORIZED
7.
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
To authorize the Chair to sign a letter to the Housing Finance Authority of Lee County (“Lee HFA”) that Sarasota County has no objection to the Lee HFA issuing multifamily housing bonds for the Rosedale multifamily housing project.

ACKNOWLEDGED/ ADOPTED
8.
PARKS, RECREATION & NATURAL RESOURCES

A.
To acknowledge receipt of a donation of $57,000.00 from the Friends of Sarasota County Parks, Inc. for solar lighting;

B.
To adopt a Resolution, Budget Amendment No. B2026-039, amending the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to appropriate funding to Capital Improvement Program Project No. 93131- Newtown Estates Park – Multipurpose Field in the amount of $57,000.00.

ADOPTED
9.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
To adopt a resolution establishing the 2026 Price Index for franchised water and wastewater utilities.

APPROVED/AUTHORIZED
10.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
To approve the expenditure authorization form and to authorize the County Administrator, or designee, to approve individual purchases with Tencarva Machinery Company to provide Goulds parts and products, as needed, in an amount not to exceed budgeted funds.

RATIFIED/ APPROVED
11.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COUNTY COMPTROLLER
To ratify and approve the Warrants dated March 9 through March 20, 2026, in the amount of $43,887,867.28, as detailed in the voucher packages filed in the Finance Department.

APPROVED
12.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COUNTY COMPTROLLER
To approve the Minutes of the meetings dated March 3, March 24, and March 25, 2026.

DISCUSSION SECTION:

directed staff to work with the clerk of the court and tax collector's office and bring it back to the board as a discussion item
13.

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

PUBLIC HEARINGS - PRESENTATIONS UPON REQUEST:


ADOPTED/AUTHORIZED/approved
15.

A.
(Public hearing) To adopt a resolution, amending the Sarasota County Fiscal Year 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Program (Resolution No. 2025-164) to modify the scope of the Capital Improvement Program Project No. 93130 Nokomis Riverview Dock Lots Acquisition Program to account for a change to include future acquisitions;

B.
(Public hearing) To adopt a resolution, Budget Amendment No. B2026-037, amending the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to appropriate funding for the Capital Improvement Project No. 93130 - Nokomis Riverview Dock Lots Acquisition Program, in the amount of $50,000.00;

C.
(Not a public hearing) To adopt a resolution authorizing the acquisition of real property located at S. Riverview Drive, Nokomis, from Julie Trimpe and Ross Peachy in the amount of $4,500.00, authorizing the execution of the contract for sale and purchase, and authorizing the County Administrator, or designee, to execute any necessary documents to effectuate the closing, and providing for applicability and an effective date.

REPORTS SECTION:



NO ACTION TAKEN
18.

NO ACTION TAKEN
19.

directed staff to bring back in person neighborhood workshops with the option of having virtual workshops

requested a board assignment to extend the siesta key trolley to the north end of the village
20.

APPROVED the statutory interpretation of the live local act would be that re-1 and all open use districts are not qualifying districts under the live local act

directed that staff attend any live local community workshops and provide interpretation of the process
21.