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Votes at a glance: housing bonds, FEMA advance, internal-auditor contract, and other actions
Summary
At its Feb. 5, 2025 meeting the Hillsborough County Board approved Housing Finance Authority bond issuances, an $81.75 million FEMA advance payment appropriation for hurricane debris, contract negotiation authorizations for the county administrator and internal auditor, and several other items; key votes and tallies are summarized below.
Hillsborough County commissioners handled a series of formal actions on Feb. 5, 2025, approving Housing Finance Authority issuances, FEMA debris-collection appropriations and several contracts and administrative directions. Below is a concise summary of each formal vote recorded in the meeting and the board’s immediate next steps.
Votes at a glance
- B1 — Housing Finance Authority: single-family mortgage revenue bonds (up to $200,000,000). Purpose: to fund income-eligible first-time homebuyer mortgages; no county funds involved according to staff. Motion to approve carried (transcript: “Motion carried. Five-two-one.”); mover Commissioner Harry Cohen; second Commissioner Chris Bowles. Record notes one or more dissenting votes; staff said the HFA issuance involves multiple counties for economies of scale.
- B2 — Housing Finance Authority: multifamily mortgage revenue bonds (up to $16,000,000) to finance a 77-unit multifamily project at 5920 Robert Toll Drive in Riverview. The board noted a…
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