Sebring CRA approves reimbursement for fire‑safety work at 301 Circle Park Drive, excluding annual inspection fee

The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency on March 23 approved a reimbursement request from the tenant-owner of 301 Circle Park Drive to cover fire‑safety equipment the city required after a fire inspection.

Don Davies, who identified himself during the meeting, told the board the inspection led to capital work including a Knox box and an alarm bell and that "this expense would have been included with the original fire system had we been told that's what it needed." He said he paid the bill and submitted a request for reimbursement of about $2,522.62.

Board members questioned whether the expense should fall to the lessee or to the authority that owns the building. Davies said the Knox box and alarm "stay with the building," and he supplied the inspection report to board members for review.

A board member moved to approve the reimbursement while excluding the recurring annual fire‑sprinkler inspection cost (approximately $350). As one board member put it, "I think I'm okay with covering everything except for the annual fire sprinkler inspection." The motion carried by voice; the transcript records several affirmative responses but does not capture a clear, complete roll‑call tally.

The board directed staff to process the approved reimbursement for the one‑time capital work. The annual sprinkler‑inspection cost was identified as an ongoing expense the board does not intend to cover unless the board is asked to reconsider it in the future.