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Okeechobee BOCC approves consent agenda including $6.47 million in warrants, emergency debris monitoring amendment
Summary
At its Feb. 13 meeting the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a consent agenda that included $6,467,579.19 in warrants, an Older Americans Act agreement, a transfer of funds, an amendment to a debris monitoring contract (not to exceed $300,000) and authorization of several grant continuations.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 13 unanimously approved a consent agenda that included $6,467,579.19 in warrants and several grant and contract items.
The action matters because the consent agenda bundled routine financial approvals, grant authorizations and one contract amendment that affects post‑disaster debris work and project contingency allocations for a county capital project.
County staff told commissioners the consent items included: minutes of the Jan. 23 regular meeting; warrants totaling $6,467,579.19; approval of a transfer of $479 in federally awarded Child Support Enforcement Program incentive funds to the Clerk of Court; authorization for the chair to execute an Older Americans Act standard agreement for $273,726 covering Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025; adoption of Resolution 25‑05 to amend the FY25 budget to reflect those funds; acceptance of Contingency Change Notification Number 30 and authorization for Ajax Building Company to move $1,173,476.79 from Phase 1b to Phase 2b of a jail expansion and renovation project; and ratification of a state EMS rural matching grant application for Lifepack 35 ALS monitors in the amount of $237,600.
On the consent agenda’s contract items, the board authorized the chair to execute a first amendment to the county’s emergency debris monitoring master agreement and work authorization with Culpepper & Terpenning, Inc., increasing the not‑to‑exceed amount up to $300,000 and extending the completion time by 45 days. Staff said the amendment is intended to align with expected reimbursements and to keep monitoring services available during active debris operations.
Commissioner Burrows moved to approve the consent agenda and Commissioner Goodbread seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
Members of the public and staff did not request separate votes on any item.
The approvals finalize several grant submittals and contract amendments that staff said will be reflected in future financial reports and in project accounting for the jail renovation and future emergency responses.
