Commission delays vote on PGA Tour Enterprises contract after debate over ownership disclosure

The commissioners paused action on a contract with PGA Tour Enterprises after an extended discussion about a mandatory ownership‑disclosure form for contracts over $200,000.

County staff said PGA Tour Enterprises had presented a long list of investors and initially sought a waiver of the county’s notarized ownership‑disclosure requirement citing investor privacy. County counsel told the board the disclosure policy, adopted in 2007, exists to prevent conflicts of interest and that waiving the requirement exposes commissioners to personal liability if undisclosed interests later surface.

Todd Fleming, representing PGA Tour Enterprises, offered to read aloud the entities owning more than 5% and said the organization would provide documentation where possible, but said his legal counsel had restricted a written notarized disclosure at short notice. Commissioners debated whether to approve the administrative portion of the contract while withholding the waiver; county counsel said the waiver is a precursor to contract approval and that notarized disclosures must be submitted before a contract goes into effect.

After discussion, the board moved to defer final approval to a special reconvened session on Feb. 11 (to coincide with the Solid Waste Authority meeting) to allow PGA to provide written, notarized investor disclosures and for commissioners to review them. The board recorded a procedural vote to move the item and to set the reconvened date 7–0.