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Votes at a glance: Pinellas County commissioners approve land-use change, budget amendments and recovery grants
Summary
At its Feb. 11 meeting the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a countywide map amendment, multiple budget realignments tied to storm response and other consent items, a state grant for the Star Center redevelopment and a HUD annual-action-plan amendment to allocate emergency homeless funds.
Pinellas County commissioners on Feb. 11 approved a series of measures ranging from a local land-use map amendment to storm-related budget realignments and a HUD action-plan amendment to receive emergency homeless funds.
The board voted unanimously on multiple items during the meeting. Key actions included:
- A countywide-plan map amendment (case CW2501) changing 0.26 acres at 1310 Gooden Crossing from retail-and-services to residential low-medium density. - Several budget amendments supplementing the FY2025 budget to realign reserves and recognize unanticipated receipts tied to storm response and other carry-forwards; staff said much of the storm-related expense is expected to be reimbursable by FEMA. - A $250,000 grant agreement with the Florida Department of Commerce to support the Star Center redevelopment public–private partnership. - A substantial amendment to the 2024–25 annual action plan to accept $512,000 in emergency solutions grant funds for rapid rehousing and unsheltered survivor housing; staff will score provider applications and return to the board with recommended awards. - Approval of a proposed ordinance amending county purchasing code sections 2-156 through 2-198.
Most votes were recorded as unanimous “passes” with no roll-call tallies printed on the dais during the meeting; Commissioner Peters was absent from the session and the board recorded each passage as unanimous among present commissioners.
Votes and outcomes (summary): - Case CW2501 (Gooden Crossing map amendment): motion moved and seconded; motion passed unanimously. - Budget amendment (agenda item 3): motion passed unanimously; staff said roughly $78 million was being realigned for emergency events and response costs while most costs are expected to be reimbursable by FEMA. - Carry-forward budget amendment (agenda item 4): motion passed unanimously. - Budget realignments and revenue recognition (agenda item 5): motion passed unanimously; included $1.4 million in retained shares in the general fund and reimbursements tied to election recount expenses and grants. - Purchasing-ordinance amendment (agenda item 6): motion passed unanimously. - Consent items 7–14: approved unanimously. - Vehicle purchase authorization (item 15): approved unanimously. - State grant agreement for Star Center (item 16): $250,000 grant approved unanimously. - Substantial amendment to HUD annual action plan for ESG rapid rehousing funds (item 17): approved unanimously; staff will score applications and return recommended award list for board approval. - Proposed confidential settlement (item 18): approved unanimously on motion and second. - Appointments (item 21 and other board appointments): approved unanimously.
Board action: Where staff had discretion to allocate funds rapidly (for example, HUD program allocations to nonprofits), the board added a direction that staff score applications and bring back a ranked list to the commission for final approval before funds are released.
This roundup lists the primary motions and outcomes taken at the Feb. 11 commission meeting. All votes were recorded as unanimous among the commissioners present (Commissioner Peters was absent).
