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Redington Shores approves $4.04 million payment to start utility undergrounding to protect Penny for Pinellas funding
Summary
The Redington Shores Board unanimously approved payments of $3,795,678.86 to Duke Energy and $243,412.16 to Spectrum to initiate a utility undergrounding project, following prior workshop direction to proceed to secure Penny for Pinellas funding.
The Redington Shores Board of Commissioners voted unanimously July 9 to approve payments totaling $4,039,091.02 to begin a utility undergrounding project that the board said must move forward to preserve Penny for Pinellas funding.
Commissioner Larry Maynard moved to authorize payment of $3,795,678.86 to Duke Energy and $243,412.16 to Spectrum to initiate the project; Commissioner Douglas Harr seconded. With no further discussion, all five commissioners voted in favor.
The motion follows guidance from a June 25 workshop in which commissioners directed staff to proceed so the town would not lose the Penny for Pinellas allocation tied to the undergrounding effort. Town staff and the board described the action as the financial initiation of a multi-phase infrastructure effort to relocate overhead utilities underground along specified corridors.
The board did not discuss project engineering details, a construction schedule, or an updated cost-sharing breakdown at the July 9 meeting. Officials said the matter had been discussed in prior workshops; the meeting packet and prior workshop materials were referenced for technical specifics.
The town did not adopt any separate ordinance or additional funding allocation at the meeting; the vote authorized the payments described above and to move the project into its next procurement and construction phases. The board did not record any abstentions or dissent.
