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Votes at a glance: Largo Commission actions on Sept. 16, 2025
Summary
A roundup of the Commission’s formal actions: consent docket approvals, ordinances and resolutions adopted, an insurance procurement, and personnel action including the city manager’s approved 3% salary increase.
At its Sept. 16 meeting, the Largo City Commission approved a series of ordinances, resolutions, contracts and personnel items. Key votes included:
- Consent docket: Approved (7–0). Items included appointment of Brad Graham to the Planning Board; renewal with David’s Claims North America, Inc. ($90,729) for claims administration; contract increase to Qualis General Contractors LLC ($617,000) and change orders to Weller Pools LLC totaling $116,000; a two‑year mental‑health services contract with Tampa Bay Psychology Associates not to exceed $183,000 per year.
- Ordinance 2025‑42: Adopted property tax rate at 5.52 mills (passed 5–2 on second reading).
- Resolution 2445: Adopted the final FY2026 annual operating and capital budget (passed 6–1).
- Ordinance 2025‑24: Adopted a charter amendment to move candidate petition qualifying to March 15 and place the change on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot (passed 7–0).
- Ordinance 2025‑38: Amended police and fire retirement plan, equalizing certain police retirement benefits and authorizing premium‑tax revenue use for contributions (passed 7–0 on second reading).
- Ordinance 2025‑41 and Resolution 2441: Authorized SRF loan transactions up to $26 million and supplemented the master bond resolution (ordinance passed 6–1; resolution passed 7–0).
- Excess workers’ compensation insurance: Authorized purchase from Safety National Insurance (self‑insured retention moved to $650,000; premium $248,151) (passed 7–0).
- Resolution 2444: Opted out of the Live Local Act’s 80–120% AMI middle‑market property tax exemption (passed; annual opt‑out resolution adopted).
- Community Redevelopment Agency (West Bay Drive CRA) FY2026 budget: Adopted (majority vote).
- City Manager performance appraisal: Approved a 3% salary increase for City Manager John Kirk (passed 7–0).
- Fire‑service contract: Commissioners postponed consideration of a formal notice to neighboring towns regarding Station 43 until Oct. 21, 2025, to allow for negotiation (passed 7–0).
Votes were recorded in open session; where roll‑call results were read aloud, they were entered into the record. Items that generated public comment included the property‑tax/budget hearings, a public safety intersection concern during public comment and the Station 43 discussion.
