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Okeechobee County approves consent items, grant applications and administrative amendments; multiple unanimous votes
Summary
At its regular meeting the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners approved the consent agenda and a series of separate motions covering budget amendments, lien reductions, grant applications and administrative items. All recorded motions passed unanimously.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on June 10 approved the consent agenda and a package of separate motions covering minutes, warrants, budget amendments, lien reductions, grant applications, surplus equipment and contract amendments.
The vote followed a routine presentation of the consent agenda, which included minutes from May 8 and May 22; warrants totaling $4,929,216.15; and a budget amendment to appropriate $97,870 in unanticipated funding received for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant (JAG) to purchase Sheriff's Office equipment and support the Narcotics Task Force.
County staff also asked the board to conduct its semiannual review of the public official bond for the sheriff pursuant to Florida statutes and continue the sheriff’s bond at $10,000. The board approved that item along with multiple lien-reduction requests: Rio Larma LLC (reducing a $96,400 lien to $10,770.95 if paid by July 21, 2025); Virgin Goda LLC (reducing a $35,400 lien to $5,296.88 if paid by July 21, 2025); and Abigail and Stephen Voss (reducing a $49,320 lien to $4,630.16 if paid by July 21, 2025). Each reduction will revert to the original lien if not paid by the deadline.
Other approved consent and ratification items included: authorization for the chair to sign a First Amendment to the local agreement for design/permitting/construction of a new medical examiner facility at Indian River State College (commissioner Burrows said the county’s share is 7.1% of an estimated $22 million project, roughly $1.4 million); ratification of two Hazard Mitigation Grant Program applications to the Florida Division of Emergency Management for bridge projects (project costs $449,000 and $287,700 with federal shares and local matches noted in board materials); and Resolution 25-25 declaring listed county vehicles and equipment surplus and authorizing disposal under state statute.
The board also approved authorization for the chair to execute change order number 15 on the Ajax Building Company GMP contract to reflect adjustments for direct purchases. The amount stated in the meeting transcript was unclear; the board approved the change order as presented by staff and included it on the consent agenda.
All motions reported on the consent agenda and the separate items listed above carried by voice vote with all commissioners recorded as voting in favor.
Ending: Board members moved next to citizen requests and individual agenda items after completing the consent agenda and ratifications.
