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Commission holds first reading of budget-amendment ordinance covering rail spur, City Hall annex and emergency alarm

Winter Haven City Commission · February 19, 2026
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Summary

On first reading, staff presented an ordinance to amend the FY budget to fund a $3.3 million rail spur (state $1.5M + city $100K + TRAT funds), a $4.021 million GMP renovation of the City Hall annex requiring a $2 million fund transfer, and an emergency $58,000 police fire-alarm purchase; no final vote was recorded in the transcript.

City staff brought a first reading of a budget-amendment ordinance that would move funds to three items identified after the fiscal year began.

The ordinance would provide $3.3 million for a rail spur project connected to the Intermodal Logistics Center; staff said $1.5 million of that sum comes from state…

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