Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2026 Pinellas County Fire Professionals of the Year Awards:

Emergency Fire Dispatcher - Kenneth Smith, Public Safety Telecommunicator Lead, Pinellas County Regional 9-1-1 Fire Professional - Zachary Teramae, Firefighter Paramedic, Pinellas Park Fire Department Special Operations Professionals Team - Pinellas Suncoast Fire Rescue - Mary Miller, Firefighter Paramedic - Lieutenant Joshua Coley, Firefighter Paramedic - Christopher Hussain, Firefighter Paramedic - Garrett Lunn, Firefighter Paramedic Pinellas Federal Credit Union - Yariel Pineiro, Assistant Vice President of Branch Operations

National Fire Prevention Week Proclamation:

Citizens To Be Heard - Public Comment.

Minutes of the regular meetings held August 11 and August 25, 2026.

Vouchers and bills paid from August 16 through August 22, 2026.

Division of Inspector General, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Report No. 2026-25, dated August 28, 2026 - Follow-up Audit of Inspector General's Observation of the Construction and Property Management Facility Operations - Detention 2025 Annual Physical Inventory of Fixed Assets.

Quarterly Investment Report for the period ended June 30, 2026.

Florida Public Service Commission, Docket No. 20260046-EI, issued August 17, 2026.

Florida Public Service Commission, Docket No. 20260050-EI, issued August 24, 2026.

Receipt and file report of non-procurement items delegated to the County Administrator for the period ending August 31, 2026.

Recommendation: Accept the receipt and file report of non-procurement items delegated to the County Administrator.

Declare surplus and authorize the sale of County-owned equipment and vehicles.

Recommendation: Declare surplus and authorize auction sale of equipment and vehicles on the attached lists. Approve distribution of the proceeds from the sale of vehicles and equipment sold to the funds from which the assets were purchased, typically the Fleet Vehicle Replacement or a specific enterprise fund. - This action declares the listed items as surplus and authorizes their sale via auction to the highest bidder. - The usefulness of the identified equipment and vehicles has been exhausted. - Breakdown of assets for disposal as follows: a.) 2 Utility Carts b.) 13 Sedans/SUV's/Compact Trucks/Vans c.) 17 Light Duty Trucks d.) 2 Medium Duty Trucks e.) 2 Heavy Duty Trucks f.) 8 Trailers g.) 1 Load Bank h.) 1 Generator - Breakdown of non-asset items for disposal as follows: a.) 5 P/Up Truck Beds b.) 4 Fiberglass Toppers c.) 6 Generators (Stand Alone - No Trailer) d.) 1 Enclosed Trailer This item has no fiscal impact on Pinellas County. Proceeds from the sale of vehicles and miscellaneous equipment will be returned to the originating fund, with proceeds designated to the Fleet Vehicle Replacement Fund serving to offset future vehicle replacement costs.

Award of contracts with twelve firms for Environmental and Stormwater Engineering - Professional Continuing Consulting Services.

Recommendation: Approval of award of contract No. 26-0343-RFQ-CCNAC with twelve firms for Environmental and Stormwater Engineering - Professional Continuing Consulting Services 2026-2031(GEC). - This contract will provide the Public Works Department with continuing professional engineering consulting services on an as-needed basis. - Thirty-one submittals were received with award recommendation to the top twelve firms (Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., Halff Associates, Inc., Applied Sciences Consulting, LLC, Applied Ecology, Inc., Drummond Carpenter, PLLC, Environmental Science Associates Corporation, AtkinsRealis USA Inc., WSP USA Inc., Land & Water Engineering Science, RES Florida Consulting, LLC d/b/a E Sciences, Pennoni Associates Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.) in the total combined amount of $13,200,000.00 ($1.1M per firm) for a five-year term, in accordance with the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), per Florida Statute 287.055. - All the prime vendors have committed to utilizing multiple-certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) firms for engagements resulting from this contract. Percentage goals are not established in advance for the CCNA continuing contracts. When the County utilizes a firm for an engagement, the requested department, working with Economic Development, will ensure SBEs are utilized. - This contract is used on an as-needed basis with no obligation to spend the full amount of the contract or to spend in any given year, with the obligation occurring upon issuance of work order assignments (purchase orders). Funding is determined by the individual work order assignment sourced to the agreement, and actual expenditures are contingent upon work completed. Authorize the Chairman to sign and the Clerk of the Circuit Court to attest.

Receipt and file report of civil lawsuits filed against Pinellas County as delegated to the County