Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Good evening and welcome to the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners final budget public hearing. There are two public hearings scheduled for this evening, one on the Capital Improvement Program or CIP and the second on the fiscal year 27 millage rates and budget. Because changes to the budget could impact the first year of the five-year CIP, it is appropriate to conclude the budget public hearing prior to concluding the CIP hearing. I would like to open the CIP public hearing and then entertain a motion to continue that public hearing to the conclusion of the public hearing on th

Got a motion by Commissioner Cohen, second by Commissioner Bowles. Please record your vote. Motion carries six to zero. The purpose of tonight's public hearing on the budget is to take public comment on the millage rates and budget prior to the board adopting millage rates in a budget for fiscal year 2027. In a moment, the budget director will read into the record the change in the aggregate fiscal year 2027 millage rate from the aggregate rollback rate, after which he will briefly discuss the status of the budget. At that point, we will take public comment. At the conclusion of public comment

All right, thank you, Kevin. Board members, we have 70 individuals that have signed up to speak. I would ask for a motion for each person to be given two minutes. Motion, Commissioner Myers. Second, Commissioner Cohen. Please record your vote.

All right, and then looking at the speaker list, notice we have a number of animal supporters who have signed up to speak. So I want to repeat what we did last meeting, that with respect, the pet resource shelter, I want to stress that, again, there have been no plans or discussions to delay or to change the project. Our county administrator has issued a strongly-worded memo to that effect. Also, during our last budget public hearing, the county administrator confirmed that staff is currently evaluating options on the facility and funding and will update the board very soon. Additionally, at t

Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate the comments. John Marinello, followed by Ann Malone, and then Nur Gabrieli. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Ann Malone, followed by Nirg Gabrieli, Ben Gabrieli, and then Daniel Zydek, virtual. Good evening.

Thank you, Ms. Malone. Nur Gabrieli, Ben Gabrieli, Daniel Zydek, and then Nadine Samarraja. Good evening.

Thank you. Thank you, sir. Ben Gabrieli, Daniel Zydek, Nadine Tamaraja. Good evening.

Thank you, Ben. Appreciate comments. Daniel Zydek, followed by Nadine Samarraja and Lama Ahalson. Is Daniel on the line?

All right. Thank you. Nadine? Nadine? No Nadine? I'm Daniel Zydek. Oh, you're Daniel?

Thank you, sir. Nadine. Nadine here, followed by Llama on virtual, and then Jared Dahan. Good evening.

We got Lama, who's virtual, followed by Jared Dayhan and then Rhea Shangiri. Is Lama on the line?

Thank you. Jared Dahin. Jared here. No, Jared. Rhea Sringeri, virtual. And then Nadia Asghar. Is Rhea on the line? Yes, I am.

Thank you. Nadia Asghar and then Emma Prescott and Joshua Brown. Good evening.

Appreciate your comments. Emma Prescott. Emma here, and then Joshua Brown and Ashley Whitaker. Good evening.

Thank you, Ms. Prescott. Joshua Brown, and then Ashley Whitaker, and Faris Shaheen, who's virtual.

Thank you, Mr. Brown. Ashley Whitaker. Ashley here. Powered by Farrah Shaheen's Virtual, Isabella Moeller's Virtual, and Ronit Enos. Good evening.

Thank you, Ms. Whitaker. Ferris Shaheen, Birchwald, and Isabella Morello-Birchwald, and Ronit Enos, and David Guerrero-Lopez. Is Ferris on the line?

All right, thank you. Isabella Moeller and Ron Enos, David Guerrero-Lopez and Matthew Levine. Isabella, on the line.

Appreciate the comments. David Guerrero-Lopez. David here. No, David. Matthew Levine. Matthew, no. Leanna Freija. Matthew, come on down, Matthew. Then we got Leanna Freija, virtual. Angel Murchison, virtual. Megan Amir. Good evening.

Thank you, Mr. Levine. Appreciate your comments. That's it. Next three speakers are virtual. Leanna Freja, Angel Murchison, Megan Amir, and Miriam Parham. Is Leanna on the line?

Appreciate the comments, sir. Next three speakers, Ben Braver, followed by Alicia Jones and Carly Liu. Ben here. No Ben. Alicia. Carly Liu. Joyce Diaz. And then Lizzie Torres. Good evening.

Thank you for your comments. Carly Liu, followed by Joyce Diaz, and then Lizadney Torres, virtual. Good evening.

All right, thank you. Carly Liu. Carly here, and Joyce Diaz, and then Lizzy Torres, who's virtual. Good evening.

Thank you. Joyce Diaz, followed by Lizzy Torres, who's virtual, Melissa Castanez is virtual, and then Bianca Melendez. Good evening.

And will you state your name? Ma'am, can you state your name? Joyce Diaz. On the mic. All right, thank you, Joyce. Is there, was any Torres on the line?

Next three speakers, Bianca Melendez. Bianca here. Come on down. And then followed by Angel D'Angelo, who's virtual. And then Emily Frey and David Zulian.

Thank you, Ms. D'Angelo. Appreciate it. Melendez, appreciate the comments. Angel D'Angelo, virtual. And then Emily Frey and David Zulian. Is Angel on the line?

Thank you, sir. Emily Frey, Emily here, and then David Zulian, and then Patricia Beres and Paula Pierce that are both virtual. Good evening.

David Zulian, and then Patricia Beres, Paula Pierce, and John Palm.

Thank you. Paula Pierce, virtual, followed by John Palm and then Alonzo Echeverry. Is Paula Pierce on the line?

All right, thank you. John Palm. It's John here, followed by Alonzo Echeverri, and then Dr. Jim Davis. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Alonzo? Is there Alonzo at Chevery?

Sir, please state your name. Please take your name for the record. Thank you, sir. Dr. Jim Davidson, then Amy Summers, and Florence Marson.

Amy Summers, followed by Florence Marson, and then the last speaker is Mark Lutho. Good evening.

Appreciate your comments. Florence Marson. Florence. Florence, no Florence. All right, Florence, are you here? If not, last speaker, Mark Clutho. Oh, here it comes. Come on up, Florence. Good evening.

Thank you, Mayor, for your comments. Last speaker is Mark Clutho. Good evening.

Thank you, Mr. Clutho. Appreciate the comments. All right, that concludes public comment. Board members, we have three flagged items, one from Commissioner Miller, one from Commissioner Wohlstal, one from myself. Can we have a motion to approve all three? So moved. Motion, Commissioner Cohen. Second, Commissioner Miller. Please record your vote. Motion carries six to zero. Okay, if there are no other changes, it's appropriate to have Kevin Rickey read the required information into the record.

Okay. Now entertain a motion to adopt the millage resolution as presented by staff. The resolution has been reviewed for legal sufficiency by the County Attorney's Office. Second. Motion, Commissioner Meyer. Second, Commissioner Cohen. Please record your vote.

Okay, I now entertain a motion to adopt the budget resolution as presented by staff. The resolution has been reviewed for legal sufficiency by the County Attorney's Office. Move approval. Motion, Commissioner Cohen. Second, Commissioner Myers. Please record your vote.

Okay, that concludes this public hearing. We will now reopen the CIP public hearing. The purpose of tonight's public hearing is to take public comment on the proposed fiscal year 2027 to fiscal year 2031 capital improvement program prior to board adoption. Now, Mr. Brickey will present an overview of the proposed CIP.

All right, thank you. We'll go on to the public comment for the CIP. We've got 17 individuals that have signed up. I think most, if not all, did speak during the budget public hearing. If you spoke on a capital improvement project, I'm going to respectfully ask you not to double dip during this part of the capital improvement program public hearing. The first three speakers, Dr. Betsy Koval, then John Marinello, and Ann Malone.

Thank you, Dr. Colville. John Marinello. And then Ann Malone and Rhea Shingiri. Good evening.

Been around a long time since I've seen that one. Ann Malone and then Rhea Shangiri and then David Guerrero Lopez.

Thank you. Rhea Shangiri. Virtual, then David Guerrero-Lopez and Leanna Frigia. Is Rhea still on the line?

All right. Thank you. David Guerrero-Lopez. David. Okay. Leanna Frigia. Virtual, then Linda Logsdon and Tiffany Moncourt. Is Leanna on the line?

Chair. Okay, great. Linda Logsdon. No. How about Tiffany Moncourt, virtual? Oh, come on up, Linda. Hold on. Tiffany, hold on. Good evening.

Thank you, Ms. Logsdon. I'm going to refer this over to our administration on this issue and also forward your handout. Tiffany Moncourt, virtual, and then Jalissa Dougrott and Brian Beaucourt, virtual. Is Tiffany on the line?

Okay. Julissa, is Julissa here? No. Brian Bocor. Is Brian still on the line?

Been braver. Been here. Followed by Dyma who's virtual and then Joyce Diaz is Dyma on the line.

OK is Joyce Diaz here? No Joyce. Melissa Castaneas. Is Melissa still on the line?

Okay. Dr. Jim Davison. And then Florence Morrison. And then Mark Lutho.

Florence here. All right, last speaker, Mark Lutho. Mark's here. Nope, he left, okay. That concludes public comment. Before I entertain a motion, I just wanna, again, try and, clear up the misinformation that's out there about the pet resource shelter. We're following our process. The county administrator is coming back to us in the next sometime this fall. They're currently evaluating the options, both funding and as far as the facility. We also had Commissioner Miller that directed the administrator to come back with certain deliverables and project schedule. We currently have 13 million tha

Motion, Commissioner Myers. Second, Commissioner Cohen. I don't see anyone in the queue, so please record your vote.

All right. Thanks for coming down this evening. That concludes tonight's public hearing.