CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)
00:01INVOCATION Murphy Hanley, Polk County Fire Rescue Chaplain PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)
A. PRESENTATIONS and RECOGNITIONS
01:07A.1. Recognize Polk County Fire Rescue for achieving a perfect score on the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) Reaccreditation.
A. PRESENTATIONS and RECOGNITIONS
06:08A.2. Recognize Polk County Fire Rescue Crews for Emergency Childbirth Assistance and Infant Lifesaving Efforts.
B. PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING AGENDA ITEMS
15:54B.1. Comments.
C. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
15:58C.1. Approve Consent Agenda
D. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
16:08D.1. Disbursements.
D. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
17:26D.2. Minutes of Regular Board meeting held on September 16, 2025, and Budget Public Hearings held on September 8, 2025, and September 15, 2025.
F. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
19:24G.1. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
19:28G.1. Confirm the appointment of Ms. Tabitha Biehl to serve as the Director of the Polk County Parks & Natural Resources Division.
G.2. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
35:16G.2. Approve agreement with The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Inc. for architectural & engineering services for the Courts & County Annex Building - Phase I. ($494,337.00 one-time expense)
G.3. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
38:40G.3. Approve piggyback agreement with LucyRx Health Solutions, Inc. to provide pharmacy benefit services for the Polk HealthCare Plan. ($7.9 million estimated recurring expense)
G.4. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
41:56G.4. Approve the contract with Peace River Center for Personal Development, Inc. for the proposed purchase of property and renovations of a building. (Total amount not-to-exceed $1,600,000)
H. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (BECKY TROUTMAN)
50:25H.1. Commissioner Troutman Comments.
I. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL)
50:28I.1. Commissioner Braswell Comments.
J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO)
50:30J.1. Appoint Cassandra Richards as a member of the Sidewalk Advisory Committee for the three-year term, October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028.
J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO)
54:25J.1. Commissioner Santiago Comments.
K. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (MICHAEL SCOTT)
54:33K.1. Commissioner Scott Comments.
L. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)
55:28L.1. Chair Wilson Comments.
M.1. LAY BOARD APPOINTMENTS
55:31M.1. Appoint Brian Yates as a member of the Tourist Development Council effective October 23, 2025.
M.2. LAY BOARD APPOINTMENTS
55:50M.2. Appoint Eugene “Gene” Conrad as a member of the Tourist Development Council to fulfill the remainder of Katherine “Kate” Johnson’s (LEGOLAND) four-year term which ends April 30, 2027.
N. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
56:18* County Attorney opening comments
N.1. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
58:41N.1. Public Hearing (LDCD-2025-5 Bowling Green District Change) (Adoption Hearing) to consider the adoption of a Land Development Code Sub-District Map change from Rural Cluster Center-Residential (RCC-R) to Rural Cluster Center-Commercial (RCC) on ±1.02 acres.
N.2. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
01:00:15N.2. Public Hearing (LDCPAS-2025-20 Willow Oak Fire Station) (Adoption Hearing) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change from Residential Suburban (RS) to Institutional (INST) on ±2.15 acres for a future Polk County Fire Rescue Station.
N.3. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
01:01:50N.3. Public Hearing (LDCT-2025-13 Non-Phosphate Mining Exemption) (First Reading) to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Land Development Code to allow an exemption for fill material excavation associated with approved phosphate mines and gypsum stacks. (No Fiscal Impact)
P. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD
01:03:37P.1. Comments.