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Okeechobee delegation hears multimillion-dollar requests for public safety, water and sewer projects
Summary
Local officials asked the Okeechobee County Legislative Delegation on Wednesday for state help funding a public safety building, a new fire station design, a special-needs shelter, water-plant replacement in Indiantown and wastewater and meter projects for Okeechobee Utility Authority.
Mayor Dowling Wofford of Okeechobee asked the Okeechobee County Legislative Delegation on Wednesday for state funding to complete a public safety building and pressed for support on historic preservation, the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program and relief from state-mandated exemptions and local business taxes.
The request matters because county and municipal officials said the projects address immediate safety, emergency-response and infrastructure shortfalls that officials say affect emergency response times, resident safety and environmental protection.
Mayor Dowling Wofford said the city had already received partial funding and was "seeking funds for the remainder to continue that project." County Commission Chairman David Hazelleaf urged funding for a design and study for a new fire station to serve an area where new development is expected…
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