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Hillsborough County allocates roughly $303M for hurricane recovery projects, sets June 3 solid-waste hearing
Summary
At its May 6 meeting, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved about $95 million for seven infrastructure projects and $208.4 million for a single-family housing recovery program funded by HUD, set a June 3 public hearing on solid-waste fees, and approved $51,000 to expand a youth swim-safety initiative.
Hillsborough County commissioners on May 6 approved major disaster-recovery appropriations and several program allocations, county communications staff said. The board authorized about $95,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for seven infrastructure projects and $208,400,000 for a single-family housing recovery program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Katie, a Hillsborough County communications staffer, said the CDBG-DR project fund will support work including drainage improvements, ditch and drain restoration, culvert replacements, emergency power beacons for outages, stormwater pump stations, low-pressure sewer system repairs and environmental land restoration tied to recovery from hurricanes Helene and Milton. The county expects the single-family housing program to assist approximately 1,000 owner-occupied homes that were damaged in the storms. For program details and applications, county staff directed residents to rebuildingfortomorrow.hcfl.gov.
The board also approved setting a public hearing for June 3 to consider adoption of the annual solid-waste system assessments, fees, rates and charges. County staff recommended an annual increase not to exceed $22 per dwelling unit to maintain current service levels, address higher operating costs and fund capital projects needed for safety.
Separately, commissioners approved $51,000 in the current budget to expand the county’s Swim Safe initiative, which serves Head Start students, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay and participants in parks-and-recreation summer programs. The communications recap said the program has helped about 16,000 children learn to swim to date.
The board also made two ceremonial recognitions during the meeting: it presented the 2026 Ellsworth G. Simmons Good Government Award to Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister for 34 years of public service and declared May 6 the twentieth annual Delta Day honoring the Tampa chapters of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
The county said the funds for the Rebuilding for Tomorrow programs are administered by Hillsborough County and provided by HUD to help communities recover from the named storms. The communications summary did not include vote tallies or the names of motion makers; those details were not specified in the transcript. The next Board of County Commissioners meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at 9 a.m.; meetings are streamed on YouTube under Hillsborough County meetings.
