The Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners took several formal actions on Oct. 8. Below is a concise summary of motions, outcomes and key details.

Hermitage Artist Retreat (agenda item 18)
- Board adopted a conditional contribution: county will offer up to $172,258 toward Hermitage repairs if the Hermitage board accepts responsibility for future hurricane-related repairs; if Hermitage declines, county will continue with county-led A Squared procurement and FEMA reimbursement. Motion passed unanimously.

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department agreement (agenda item 17)
- Approved agreement for fire services with Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department (Oct. 1, 2025  Sept. 30, 2028) including $800,000/year core funding beginning FY26, up to $250,000 tuition reimbursement and $107,000 equipment reimbursement. Passed unanimously.

Pulled agenda item 22
- Motion to postpone agenda item 22 to the Nov. 5 meeting and set location/time (RLA Anderson Building, Nov. 5, 9 a.m.). Passed unanimously.

Consent
- Motion to approve consent items 2 through 16. Passed unanimously.

Public hearings
- Item 19 a/b (rezoning and special exception for 4381 Catlin Road): Adopted ordinance and resolution. Passed unanimously.
- Item 20 (bond host approval for multifamily project at Marillis Park Place 4): Adopted resolution supporting up to $27 million tax-exempt bonds by Lee County Housing Finance Authority. Passed unanimously.
- Item 21 (stormwater budget amendment B2026-002, $7,809,251 increase): Adopted resolution amending FY26 budget for stormwater level of service. Passed unanimously.

Other formal votes
- Settlement in Tong v. Sarasota County (Breeze bus side-swipe claim): Approved settlement. Passed unanimously.
- Charlie Kirk Memorial road name (Fruitville Road portion): Approved. Passed unanimously.
- Direction to contact HUD via county lobbyist for review of Sarasota Housing Authority inspection reports (requested by Commissioner Smith): Approved unanimously.
- Request for presentation from The Trust for Public Land regarding a Nathan Benderson Park Legacy Trail connector: Approved unanimously.
- Extension of pilot program with Sarasota Sportsman's Association for youth events on county land: Board extended pilot for five years. Passed unanimously.

How votes were recorded
- Where individual roll-call votes were not recorded by name in the public proceedings, the boards results were recorded as unanimous or by tally stated in the meeting. The meeting minutes and official resolutions will contain formal roll-call records where required.

Ending: Staff will implement the approved agreements, pursue the conditional Hermitage terms if accepted by the Hermitage board, and return with required contract language or follow-up reports.