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Tamarac adopts 2026 federal legislative agenda, adds water-treatment advocacy
Summary
The commission approved a federal legislative agenda that prioritizes infrastructure, housing, public safety, disaster mitigation and a unified ZIP code; the city manager asked staff to add advocacy for a new water-treatment plant to address PFAS and other regulatory requirements.
Perry Adair, the city's federal lobbyist from Becker & Poliakoff, presented the City of Tamarac's proposed 2026 federal legislative agenda during the Feb. 11 meeting. Adair described priorities intended to align with appropriations and program opportunities in Washington, D.C., including infrastructure and economic development (roadway and sidewalk safety, multimodal connections), affordable housing preservation, public safety and emergency-response funding, disaster preparedness and flood mitigation, parks and open-space acquisition and rehabilitation, behavioral and workplace mental health programs, and pursuit of a unified Tamarac ZIP code.
Adair outlined discretionary and formula funding avenues (Safe Streets for All, transit-oriented development, FEMA mitigation grants, HUD housing programs) and described appropriations timing for FY26/FY27 that would affect earmark and competitive-grant opportunities. He noted prior earmark interest in a water-treatment project and said a roughly $1 million earmark had been removed from an appropriations bill for unrelated reasons; he offered to continue pursuing earmark and congressional support.
City Manager requested that the agenda explicitly include advocacy for construction of a new water-treatment plant and filtration infrastructure to prepare for upcoming PFAS-related regulations; Adair confirmed work had already begun with staff and could pursue an earmark in the next appropriations cycle. The commission voted to approve the federal legislative agenda as amended (5-0).
Ending: The city will transmit the adopted federal agenda to the National League of Cities and the congressional delegation and continue outreach to pursue earmarks and grant opportunities specified in the agenda; staff will coordinate water-treatment project advocacy steps with the lobbyist.
