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Votes at a glance: Okeechobee County commissioners approve ordinances, grants and contracts
Summary
At the meeting commissioners adopted two ordinances affecting land use and floodplain rules, approved several grant agreements and contract awards, and took routine procedural votes. Listed below are motions and outcomes recorded at the meeting.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners recorded multiple formal actions at the meeting. The board voted unanimously on all recorded items below. (Where a motion or mover/second is not named in the transcript, the listing records the action and outcome.)
Votes at a glance
- Agenda amendment: Motion to accept the agenda as amended (move consent item 1l to discussion). Motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Goodbread; second: Commissioner Sumner).
- Consent agenda (with item 1l pulled): Motion to approve the consent agenda as amended; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Goodbread; second: Commissioner DeCarlo). Consent items included minutes, grant ratifications and budget amendments, reappointments and standard agreements for aging services and other routine items (details in clerk’s consent packet).
- Fee waiver: Motion to approve a facilities fee waiver for the Lake Okeechobee Association of Airboaters airboat and buggy show (event February 2026 at the Agri Civic Center). Motion carried unanimously (mover/second not specified in transcript).
- Donation acceptance, Kiwanis Park playground equipment: Motion to accept a donated wheelchair‑accessible playground feature and associated grant match funding (T‑Mobile hometown grant plus Kiwanis/Main Street donations) for Kiwanis Park. Motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Goodbread; second: Commissioner DeCarlo).
- Comprehensive plan amendment: Motion to adopt Ordinance 2025‑006 (petition CDash2024‑0001) to amend the comprehensive plan and move 150 acres into the Lazy 7 Road Activity Center; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Sumner; second: Commissioner Goodbread).
- Land development / floodplain ordinance: Motion to adopt Ordinance 2025‑007 amending floodplain provisions and raising minimum finished‑floor elevation to 2 feet above base flood elevation; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Sumner; second: Commissioner DeCarlo).
- FAA airport infrastructure grant (apron rehabilitation design): Motion to accept and authorize the chairman to sign the FAA grant agreement, grant number 3‑12‑0056‑026‑2025, for $202,825 and adopt Resolution 2025‑29 authorizing the agreement; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Goodbread; second: Commissioner Sumner).
- Community development fee schedule update: Motion to adopt Resolution 2025‑31 updating planning/CDD/transportation review fees (adds pre‑application fees and CDD review fees, adjusts consultant review fees); motion carried unanimously (mover: unspecified; second: unspecified).
- Award bid 24‑13 (Agri Civic Center east roof extensions): Motion to award the contract to Baromey Construction Inc. and authorize the county administrator to execute the independent contractor agreement; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner DeCarlo; second: Commissioner Sumner).
- Waterway‑marker replacement (Bid 2025‑08) and budget transfer: Motion to award the contract for removal/relocation/replacement of waterway markers in Taylor Creek, the Rim Canal and Kissimmee River, authorize budget transfer from boating restricted reserves ($70,000) and authorize the county administrator to execute the contractor agreement; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner DeCarlo; second: Commissioner Sumner).
- Sandbagging machine purchase: Motion to purchase a Sandbaggers LLC model sandbag machine for $23,336 from capital savings in Road & Bridge; motion carried unanimously (mover: Commissioner Goodbread; second: Commissioner Sumner).
Other board direction and non‑voted actions
- Affordable housing: Staff were directed to update a previously compiled spreadsheet of county properties and return with recommendations on parcels that could be used for affordable housing (no land sale approved at the meeting).
- Transportation impact fees: Board provided input to staff and the consultant (Kimley‑Horn) and asked the consultant to return with recommended unit changes and methodology clarifications (no fee schedule adopted).
