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State representative outlines budget wins and programs for St. Lucie County, including $5 million for wastewater transition
Summary
State Rep. Dana Tribulsi briefed the county commission on the 2025 legislative session, listing statewide budget highlights and local appropriations to St. Lucie County totaling multiple millions for water quality, infrastructure and social services.
Representative Dana Tribulsi addressed the St. Lucie County Board on Aug. 5 with a summary of the 2025 Florida legislative session and a list of appropriations and programs that will affect the county.
Tribulsi said the 2025 session lasted 105 days, produced thousands of bills and passed a budget that preserved reserves and included multiple line-item appropriations. She listed statewide priorities funded in the adopted budget—teacher pay, law-enforcement bonuses, expanded K–12 per‑pupil funding and investments in Everglades restoration and water quality projects—and highlighted the My Safe Florida Home and a condominium pilot program to fund home hardening and condo reserve assistance.
For St. Lucie County specifically, Tribulsi identified a range of appropriations and grants: $5,000,000 for the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) to help complete a wastewater-treatment transition; $3,700,000 for assorted water-quality projects (not including FPUA or seagrass funding); $600,000 for seagrass restoration; $1,000,000 appropriations to the ARC and to Treasure Coast Food Bank for a new facility; $500,000 for the county’s foster-care program (Community Connected for Kids); $500,000 for Fort Pierce Thirteenth Street Phase 3 reconstruction; a historic-preservation grant of $50,000; and other investigator and emergency-vehicle grants. Tribulsi also referenced $70,000,000 in state allocations related to local government reimbursements for transportation and right-of-way work.
Tribulsi noted the budget included $12.4 billion in reserves and a rainy-day fund of $4.9 billion, and she summarized some policy changes enacted this year such as verification steps for citizen petitions and an education bill that revises school-readiness eligibility and that, controversially, permits parents to opt in to corporal punishment where locally allowed.
Commissioners thanked Tribulsi for maintaining a local office in the county and for the appropriations. Tribulsi said her office will host a housewarming event and invited county officials and staff to coordinate on how the funds are spent and on upcoming program windows for grants such as My Safe Florida Home.
