Hernando County

Board of County Commissioners

John Law Ayers Commission Chambers, Room 160

20 North Main Street, Brooksville, FL 34601

Regular Meeting

Agenda

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 9:00 A.M.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING HAS A START TIME OF 9:00 A.M., AND ALL ITEMS

CAN BE HEARD ANYTIME THEREAFTER.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

The Board of County Commissioners' is scheduled to attend an interlocal governmental

meeting on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, beginning at 9:00 A.M., at the Hernando School

District, 919 North Broad Street, District Office-Board Room, Brooksville, Florida 34601.

The Board of County Commissioners' next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October

28, 2025, beginning at 9:00 A.M., in the John Law Ayers County Commission Chambers,

Room 160.

CALL TO ORDER

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Limited to Board and Staff)

ELECTED OFFICIALS

CITIZENS' COMMENTS

BOARD/STAFF RESPONSES

CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER CARLA ROSSITER-SMITH

Presentation of Proposed Hernando County Strategic Plan

DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES JOSHUA STRINGFELLOW

Discussion Regarding County Debt Financing

16473

16445

CONSENT AGENDA

AGREEMENT/GRANT

Award of FY 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for

Equipment for Hernando County Sheriff’s Office and Associated Budget

Resolution

1. 16449

2. 16397

3. 16477

4. 16448

Drone Replacement Program Financial Assistance Agreement With State

Department of Law Enforcement for Hernando County Fire Rescue and

Emergency Services and Associated Budget Resolution

Ratification of FY 2024-25 Letter of Agreement Amendment for Public

Emergency Medical Transportation Services on Behalf of Hernando

County Fire Rescue

Ratification of Letter of Agreement and Intergovernmental Transfers

Questionnaire for FY 2025-26 for Hernando County Fire Rescue for

Health Care Administration for Public Emergency Medical Transportation

Services

Road Maintenance Agreement With Waste Pro of Florida, Inc., a Florida

for Profit Corporation for Property Located Between Sunshine Grove

Road and Grove Road

5. 16401

6. 16442

State Aid to Libraries Grant Agreement With Department of State for FY

2025-26 Funding

AVIATION

7. 16423

Pre-Application to Federal Aviation Administration for Bipartisan

Infrastructure Law Grant for Perimeter/Wildlife Fencing Project at

Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport

Public Transportation Grant Agreement With State Department of

Transportation for Airport Layout Plan and Exhibit A Update Project at

Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport and Associated Resolutions

8. 16451

9. 16409

Public Transportation Grant Agreement With State Department of

Transportation for Taxiway D and A1 Rehabilitation Project at

Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport and Associated Resolutions

MISCELLANEOUS

Declaration of Various Tangible Property as Surplus for Disposal and

10. 16426

Removal From Fixed Asset Inventory

Resolution Regarding Reimbursement of Certain Costs Relating to

Acquisition, Construction, and Equipping of Fleet Portion of New Central

Fueling Facility

11. 16532

Satisfactions of Five Public Nuisance Abatement Special Assessment

Liens for Property Located at 8405 Hillcrest Drive

12. 16496

13. 16396

Satisfactions of Second Mortgages for Nikeesa R. Khobani, John M.

Reddin, Jr., and Laura M. Dominguez Fernandez Through Neighborhood

Stabilization Program Purchase Assistance Program

Transmittal of List of Accounts Payable Disbursements for Weeks Ended

August 29, 2025, and September 5, 2025

14. 16420

15. 16394

Various Satisfactions of Interim Disposal Special Assessment Liens

RESOLUTION

Resolution Congratulating Greater Hernando County Chamber of

16. 16439

Commerce Upon Occasion of 100th Anniversary

Resolution Proclaiming October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness

Month

17. 16366

Resolution Proclaiming October 2025 as Florida Manufacturing Month

Resolution Proclaiming October 2025 as Florida Native Plant Month

18. 16483

19. 16499

20. 16462

Resolution Proclaiming October 12, 2025, Through October 18, 2025, as

Mediation Week

Resolution Proclaiming October 15, 2025, as White Cane Awareness Day

21. 16274

CORRESPONDENCE TO NOTE

Correction of Application Packet Documentation Error From Previously

1. 16543

Approved Agenda Item Regarding Request to Apply for 2023 and 2024

Storms Infrastructure Repair Program Through Florida Commerce

Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program

Notification From State Department of Agriculture and Consumer

Services of Fire Management Program and Cooperative Forestry

Assistance Program Annual Report for July 1, 2024, Through June 30,

2025

2. 16504

Transmittal From the Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller Audit

Services Department of Department of Public Works Road Paving and

Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit Audit Report Dated September 5,

2025

3. 16469

Transmittal of Cabot Citrus Farms Community Development District FY

2025-26 Meeting Schedule

4. 16489

5. 16484

6. 16488

7. 16475

8. 16487

9. 16486

Transmittal of Emerald Creek Community Development District Final

Adopted Budget for FY 2025-26

Transmittal of Emerald Creek Community Development District FY

2025-26 Revised Meeting Schedule

Transmittal of Letter From Pasco-Hernando State College Regarding

Requirements and Policies for Admission Into Fire Academy

Transmittal of Somerset Bay Community Development District FY

2025-26 Revised Meeting Schedule

Transmittal of Waterford Community Development District Revised FY

2025-26 Meeting Schedule

PUBLIC HEARINGS

* Entry of Proof of Publication into the Record

LEGISLATIVE

COUNTY ATTORNEY JON JOUBEN

Proposed Ordinance Providing to Hear Appeals Pertaining to Standard

Unsafe Building Abatement Code; Modifying Standard Unsafe Building

Abatement Code; Enacting Rules of Procedure for Hearing Appeals

1. 16472

2. 16421

Proposed Ordinance Relating to Publication of Legal Advertisements and

Notices; Providing for Creating Code Section 1-12; Providing for

Publication of Legally Required Advertisements and Notices on Publicly

Accessible Website of County as Permitted by F.S. 50.0311

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DIRECTOR OMAR DEPABLO

Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2023-14, to Amend Boundaries of

Cabot Citrus Farms Community Development District

3. 16527

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DIRECTOR OMAR DEPABLO

Amendment to Interlocal Agreement With Cabot Citrus Farms Community

Development District

1. 16541

First Amendment to Water and Sewer Agreement With Cabot Citrus

Opco, LLC, a/k/a Cabot Citrus Farms

2. 16506

COUNTY ATTORNEY JON JOUBEN

Appointment of Nordra Brown as Member to Hernando County

16485

Delegation on Government Efficiency a/k/a DOGE

MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR ERIN DOHREN

Budget Resolution for Consolidation of Brooksville Fire Department and

Hernando County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services

16467

CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER CARLA ROSSITER-SMITH

Award of Construction Contract to Peak Power Services, Inc., for

Administration Building Generator and Electrical Upgrade Project at

Utilities Department (Contract No. 25-C01101/JG; Amount:

$1,235,305.92)

1. 16474

Award of Construction Contract to Waller Construction, Inc., for Parks

and Recreation Office Expansion Project and Associated Budget

Amendment (Contract No. 25-C01122/JG; Amount: $215,797.00)

2. 16348

3. 16395

Change Order No. 1 to Purchase Order With Consolidated Forest, LLC,

d/b/a American Mulch & Soil, LLC, for Yard Waste Mulching Services for

Recycling Department (Contract No. 24-TF00884/JC; Amount:

$117,384.00)

Change Order No. 4 to Purchase Order With Wannemacher Jensen

Architects, Inc., for Fire Station No. 16 Design and Construction

Monitoring (Contract No.24-PS0157; Amount of Change: $61,874.00)

4. 16414

5. 16412

Change Order No. 5 and Ratification of Emergency Purchase Order With

CTC Disaster Response, Inc., for Emergency Debris Removal Services

Due to Hurricane Helene for Department of Public Works (Amount:

$399,212.58)

Change Order No. 7 and Ratification of Emergency Purchase Order With

CTC Disaster Response, Inc., for Emergency Debris Removal Services

Due to Hurricane Milton for Department of Public Works (Amount:

$94,345.25)

6. 16413

7. 16427

Utilization of Coretrust Cooperative Contract With Pavement

Management Group, LLC, for Automated Pavement, Sidewalk and Asset

Condition Assessment Services for Department of Public Works (Amount:

$415,000.00)

UTILITIES DIRECTOR GORDON ONDERDONK

Presentation by Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority; and FY

1. 16513

2026 Project Grant Agreement With Withlacoochee Regional Water

Supply Authority for Local Government Water Supply and Conservation

Funding Assistance Program

Sunrise Combined-Planned Development Project Water and Sewer

Service Agreement Between Hernando County Water and Sewer District

and Hawk Sunrise, LLC, and Associated Budget Amendment

2. 16403

FLEET OPERATIONS MANAGER DOUGLAS LIVERMORE

Purchase of Various Vehicles and Equipment Through Fleet

Replacement Program

16466

COMMISSIONER STEVE CHAMPION

Discussion Regarding Proposed Renaming of County Road After Charlie

16547

Kirk

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JEFFREY ROGERS

Appointment of Community Representative to South Brooksville

Community Redevelopment Area Steering Committee

1. 16447

2. 16550

Confirmation of Carla Rossiter-Smith as Director of Procurement &

Strategic Initiatives; Dominique Holmes as Director of Communications

and Government Affairs; and Erin Dohren as Office of Management and

Budget Director

Update Regarding Ongoing Board Directives

3. 16078

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

1. Commissioner John Allocco

2. Commissioner Ryan Amsler

3. Commissioner Jerry Campbell

4. Commissioner Steve Champion

5. Chairman Brian Hawkins

6. County Attorney Jon Jouben

7. Deputy County Administrator Toni Brady

8. County Administrator Jeffrey Rogers

ADJOURNMENT

RECESS