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Winter Haven City Commission adopts five-year capital schedule, updates wastewater rules and approves budget amendments; backs CDBG support
Summary
The Winter Haven City Commission on a unanimous vote adopted a five-year capital improvements schedule (FY24/25–28/29), revised the city's industrial wastewater pretreatment code after a DEP audit, approved budget amendments to roll forward encumbrances, and endorsed using FY25/26 CDBG funds toward a neighborhood service center modernization.
The Winter Haven City Commission on a unanimous vote on second reading adopted a revised five-year scheduled capital improvements program, updated industrial wastewater pretreatment regulations and approved budget amendments to cover encumbrance roll‑forwards. The commission also endorsed assigning its FY25/26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation to a neighborhood service center modernization project.
The five-year capital schedule—covering fiscal years 2024/25 through 2028/29—was presented by the city manager as derived from the city's 2024–25 operating budget. The manager told the commission the schedule includes only projects with a minimum cost of $25,000 and a minimum service life of five years and that total capital spending in the proposed schedule is approximately $482,000,000.
The ordinance updating the city's wastewater industrial pretreatment…
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