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Board directs reviews of kratom extract ban and small-business procurement changes, approves $45,000 youth program funding
Summary
Commissioners directed staff to draft a revision to the synthetic drug ordinance to prohibit the sale of a potent kratom extract (noted in transcript as '7 0 h' extract and recorded here as 7-OH), asked for amendments to better enforce the prohibition, directed a small-business procurement amendment, and approved $45,000 for Safe and Sound Hillsborough's 2026 summer series.
Hillsborough County commissioners on June 17 directed multiple reviews and approved modest community program funding during their meeting recap.
The board asked the county attorney and staff to review the county's synthetic drug ordinance and return with a draft revision that would prohibit the sale of a potent extract of kratom. The transcript records the phrase as "7 0 h extract of kratom"; this has been normalized here to "7-OH extract of kratom" (7-hydroxymitragynine), a commonly referenced potent kratom alkaloid, for clarity. The board also asked staff to include any amendments necessary to effectively enforce such a prohibition; specific enforcement mechanisms were not detailed in the meeting recap.
Commissioners also directed the county's Small Business Enterprises division and the county attorney's office to draft an amendment to the small business encouragement program aimed at increasing procurement opportunities for registered small business enterprises and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
Separately, the board approved $45,000 to support the 2026 Safe and Sound Hillsborough Summertime Violence Prevention Services "Safe Summer Series," which county staff described as a program to positively engage youth and deter them from criminal activity.
The transcript does not include mover/second or vote tallies for the directions and the $45,000 approval; those details were not provided in the recap.
