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Regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting: August 2026

Highlands County

Agenda Final 8.18.26

The document is a meeting agenda for the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners, not a development project record. It lists administrative items, recognitions, consent agenda items, and public hearings, but no specific construction or land-use project with a site address, size, or zoning change is described. The only public hearing is for a solid waste special assessment re-imposition, not a development project. No public comment sentiment is recorded in the document.

Board:
Regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting
Date:
2026-08-18
Type:
Agenda
Address:
600 S. Commerce Ave. Sebring, FL 33870 (meeting location)

Agenda Packet Final 8.18.26

The document is a public meeting agenda for the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners on August 18, 2026. It contains multiple agenda items, but no specific development project with a street address, parcel, size, zoning change, applicant, case number, or decision is described. The items are administrative, procedural, or informational, such as approvals of reports, fee waivers, agreements, and presentations. No public comment sentiment is recorded in the document. [Not stated. The document references Sebring Parkway, Sebring Drive, SE Lakeview Drive, Hope Villas, Sebring High School, and Highlands County Fire Rescue EMS #17, all in Highlands County, Florida, but no exact street addresses are provided.; case Not stated.] The document is a planning document, not a public hearing record. It describes conceptual capital improvement projects within the Sebring Parkway and Downtown Sebring Adaptation Action Area Plans in Highlands County, Florida. No specific street addresses, parcel numbers, case numbers, or formal decisions are stated. The projects are planning-level concepts with estimated costs, not approved or denied actions. The document includes multiple projects: Hope Villas, a segment of Sebring Drive, segments of SE Lakeview Drive, Sebring High School, and Highlands County Fire Rescue EMS #17. The document also notes public comments for the Downtown Sebring AAA, with four comments submitted directly related to recurring flooding conditions within the AAA boundary. Residents and stakeholders identified parts of the downtown area that experience recurring flooding on county owned property. The document does not state any formal decision, applicant, or case number. [The Little Lake Jackson AAA encompasses the southern shoreline of Lake Jackson, the Little Lake Jackson basin, and adjacent residential and transportation corridors within the City of Sebring. Specific project locations include City of Sebring Fire Station #15, U.S. Highway 27 S, and Ryant Boulevard.] This document is the Little Lake Jackson Adaptation Action Area Plan, a planning document for flood resilience in Highlands County, Florida, and the City of Sebring. It does not describe a specific development project, zoning change, or application for approval. It identifies the Little Lake Jackson AAA as a geographic area with flood risk and proposes conceptual adaptation strategies, including capital improvement projects for the City of Sebring Fire Station #15, U.S. Highway 27 S, and Ryant Boulevard. The document includes estimated project costs and lead agencies for these conceptual projects. It also includes public comments from residents noting localized flooding concerns along key transportation corridors and neighborhood roadways, including areas near US Highway 27 and Ryant Boulevard. The document does not state a decision, case number, or key dates for any approval.

Board:
Regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting
Date:
2026-08-18
Type:
Agenda_packet
Decision:
Not stated. The document is a planning document, not a decision record.
Address:
Not stated. The document references Sebring Parkway, Sebring Drive, SE Lakeview Drive, Hope Villas, Sebring High School, and Highlands County Fire Rescue EMS #17, all in Highlands County, Florida, but no exact street addresses are provided.
Applicant:
Not stated. Lead agencies are listed: Highlands County Housing / Community Services for Hope Villas; City of Sebring Public Works / Engineering for the segment of Sebring Drive; Highlands County Public Works / Engineering for segments of SE Lakeview Drive; not stated for Sebring High School or Highlands County Fire Rescue EMS #17.

Final Agenda 8.4.26

The document is a public meeting agenda for the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at 9:00 AM, at 600 S. Commerce Ave. Sebring, FL 33870. It lists multiple agenda items, including budget amendments, contract approvals, a public hearing on a fire protection special assessment, and various administrative reports. No specific development project, site, or land use change is described in the document. The document does not state any street address, parcel, acreage, unit count, square footage, zoning change, applicant name, case number, or decision for a development project. The document includes announcements for other meetings and a list of consent agenda items with fiscal impacts, but no construction or development project details are provided.

Board:
Regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting
Date:
2026-08-04
Type:
Agenda

Final Agenda Packet 8.4.26

[600 S. Commerce Ave. Sebring, FL 33870 (meeting location)] This document is the agenda and supporting materials for the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners meeting on August 4, 2026. It contains no land development, rezoning, or construction project applications. All items are administrative, budgetary, or contractual in nature. Specific items include: a year-to-date fire review presentation; adoption of Resolution 25-26-155 for Budget Amendment 25-26-110 for Fuel Master software ($14,247.69); approval to expend $40,000 from the Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund for a United Way contribution and crime prevention flyers; adoption of Resolution 25-26-154 for Budget Amendment 25-26-109 to set up Project 25055 using a $10,000 Duke Energy Foundation grant; approval of amendments with Tetra Tech, Inc., Phillips Environmental, LLC, Ceres Environmental Services, Inc., and AIM Engineering & Surveying Inc. to add federal contractual terms; approval of minutes from June 2, 16, and 30, 2026; a public hearing to approve Resolution 25-26-157 for re-imposition of the fire protection special assessment with estimated net revenue of $11,242,883; approval of a State of Florida Law Enforcement Salary Assistance award for $425,830.25; a budget amendment to realign $620,000 in road construction funding; approval of a five-year renewal for OpenGov Inc. ($280,285); and approval of a third amended franchise agreement with Florida Waste Solutions, LLC with an estimated net fiscal impact of $6,300,000. No public comment sentiment is recorded in the document. The document is a Highlands County Board of County Commissioners agenda item for August 4, 2026, requesting approval of a five-year renewal for OpenGov Inc. asset management software at a cost of $280,285. The document also includes a third amendment and restated franchise agreement between Highlands County and Florida Waste Solutions, LLC, extending the solid waste collection franchise term by ten years, effective October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2036. The amendment includes a monthly residential rate schedule starting at $14.77 and ending at $23.96, a $45.00 per ton disposal fee for non-residential solid waste, a requirement for the contractor to purchase 28 new collection trucks over 28 months, and a requirement to replace no fewer than 8,500 residential customer carts each year. The estimated net fiscal impact of the franchise amendment is $6,300,000 to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for fiscal year 26/27 based on 41,000 residential units monthly and 1,778 tons of C&D landfill fees monthly. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.

Board:
Regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting
Date:
2026-08-04
Type:
Agenda_packet
Address:
600 S. Commerce Ave. Sebring, FL 33870 (meeting location)

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