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Votes at a glance: Citrus County BOCC actions, Feb. 20, 2025
Summary
The Board approved the agenda and a series of proclamations and consent items, voted to vacate an alley (SV‑2024‑00005) and passed a resolution supporting hands‑free cellphone use while operating a vehicle; multiple routine consent and agenda items were approved by 5‑0 votes.
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners took a series of formal actions on Feb. 20. Most motions passed unanimously (5‑0). Key outcomes:
Agenda and procedural items The Board approved the meeting agenda as amended (corrections to minutes, changes to workshop timing and additions/pulls identified by county staff). Motion carried 5‑0.
Proclamations and awards The Board approved proclamations recognizing Newspaper and Education Week (March 3–7, 2025), a Keep Citrus County Beautiful Pride Award presented to the Rotary Club of Central Citrus County, and March 2025 as Irish American Heritage Month. Motions carried 5‑0.
Public hearing and land use The Board approved SV‑2024‑00005 (Campbell), vacating a 20‑foot alley in Block 180, Unit 4, Homosassa. Staff recommended approval; utilities and environmental health expressed no concerns. Motion carried 5‑0.
Consent and routine items The Board approved multiple consent and agenda items in a series of motions during the meeting. Specific motions recorded on the transcript include approval of grouped consent items and discrete agenda items identified on the county agenda (examples as stated on record): - Consent agenda approved with C10 pulled for later discussion/time certain (motion carried 5‑0). - Multiple line‑item motions approving E‑series items (E1A through E17 and subparts) were made and carried, each recorded on the transcript as passing 5‑0. (Transcript identifies motions and seconders for each E item; no recorded negative votes.)
Direction and staff follow‑up The Board directed staff to bring the PACE (property assessed clean energy) discussion back as a time certain for the March 25 meeting and to invite PACE providers for a presentation; the Board agreed to schedule it as a time certain. The Board asked staff to prepare a package with details for a property‑lien matter (public speaker request) and to return with the specifics for Board consideration.
Policy advocacy Commissioner Jeff Kennard moved and Commissioner Holly Davis seconded a resolution supporting state legislation to require hands‑free cellphone use while driving; the Board voted 5‑0 to send the resolution to the county’s state legislative delegation.
Other actions The Board approved a letter of support for Jesse’s Place’s building expansion appropriations request and set a capital improvement program (CIP) presentation for April 22, 2025, at 1:15 p.m. in the courthouse. Several other administrative motions and approvals on the agenda were recorded as passing 5‑0.
Vote practice Most motions were recorded as "motion by" one commissioner with a named seconder; votes on the record were unanimous for the items recorded in the transcript. Individual roll‑call votes by name were not read aloud for each motion in the transcript; clerks recorded the tally as 5‑0.
A full, itemized record of the meeting’s consent and E‑series approvals is available in the meeting materials and official minutes.
