SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA  
Board of County Commissioners  
Meeting Agenda  
Tuesday, August 12, 2025  
9:30 AM  
BCC Chambers  
Please silence all cell phones/electronic devices  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
Chairman Jay Zembower  
II. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
Shane Kohout, Metro Life Church  
III. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS  
1.  
2025-762  
Presentation - Legislative Update (Oscar Anderson and Kaley  
Slattery, Southern Group)  
IV. CONSENT AGENDA – PUBLIC PARTICIPATION  
Florida law provides that members of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be  
heard on propositions before the Board of County Commissioners, except when the Board is  
acting on emergency or ministerial matters or conducting a meeting exempt from the  
requirements of the Sunshine Law. Individuals shall be permitted three (3) minutes each for  
public participation, or six (6) minutes when the individual is an official representative of a  
formal association or group. The Chairman may modify the maximum time for public  
participation, at his sole discretion, when appropriate.  
Public participation on quasi-judicial or other public hearing items will occur during the Board’s  
consideration of those items this afternoon. Public participation on pending procurement  
matters or on non-agenda items shall not be permitted at this time. Members of the public  
desiring to make public comment must fill out a speaker form and present the form to staff.  
Forms are available in the lobby.  
Constitutional Officers – Consent Agenda (Item No 2)  
2.  
2025-761  
Expenditure Approval Lists dated July 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2025;  
and Payroll Approval Lists dated July 3 and 17, 2025. (Jenny  
Spencer, CPA, MAcc, CGFO, and CFE, Director -  
Comptroller’s Office)  
County Manager’s Consent Agenda (Items No. 3 - 19)  
County Attorney's Office  
3.  
2025-774  
2025-773  
Request the Board delegate signature authority to the County  
Manager to sign documents and agreements in the litigation  
between Seminole County and Benchmark Construction Co.,  
Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company retroactive to  
August 1, 2025. (Kate Latorre - County Attorney’s Office)  
County Manager's Office  
4.  
Request Board ratification of a tender agreement between  
Seminole County, Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual),  
Ovation Construction Company, Inc., and L7 Construction, Inc.  
for the Yankee Lake Water Reclamation Facility Renewal and  
Replacement - Phase II project. (Kristian Swenson - County  
Manager’s Office)  
Community Services  
5.  
2025-725  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution  
adopting the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County  
(FDOH-Seminole) Fee Schedule update to the Administrative  
Code and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the  
Contract between Seminole County and the State of Florida  
Department of Health for Operation of the Seminole County  
Health Department Contract Year 2025-2026 in the amount not  
to exceed $807,970. Countywide (Allison Thall, Community  
Services Director)  
6.  
2025-728  
Accept the grant award for FY 2024 Continuum of Care Grant  
Renewal from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban  
Development (HUD) for the Continuum of Care (CoC) /Shelter  
Plus Care Grant Program in the amount of $916,047 and  
authorize the Chairman to sign and execute the agreement on  
behalf of the County in accordance with Administrative Code  
Sections 1.10 and 22.20 D (1) d. Countywide. (Allison Thall,  
Community Services Director)  
7.  
2025-737  
2025-768  
Approve and authorize Romano Law Group to cast a ballot on  
behalf of Seminole County to accept the Plan outlined in the  
Thirteenth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization  
of Purdue Pharma L.P. and its associated debtors. Countywide  
(Allison Thall, Community Services Director)  
Management and Budget  
8.  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution  
implementing the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #25-050  
in the Water & Sewer Refunding Bond, Series 2025A Fund to  
appropriate funding in the amount of $668,114.30 for the Bond  
Issuance Costs and Underwriter’s Discount. Countywide  
(Timothy Jecks, Management & Budget Director) -  
Requesting Department - Resource Management  
Public Works  
9.  
2025-733  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Seminole  
County/MetroPlan Orlando (Orlando Urban Area Metropolitan  
Planning Organization) - Federal Discretionary Grant (SS4A)  
Local Match Funding Agreement; approve and authorize the  
Chairman to execute a Resolution implementing Budget  
Amendment Request (BAR) #25-052 in the 2014 Infrastructure  
Sales Tax Fund to appropriate funding in the amount of  
$200,000 from reserves. Countywide (John Slot, Public  
Works Director)  
Office of Economic Development and Tourism  
10.  
2025-740  
Approve and authorize the chairman to execute the Data  
Sharing Agreement (DSA) between Seminole County and the  
Florida Department of Commerce (Commerce) to allow  
Seminole County to receive and utilize the business data  
collected by the state on the Quarterly Census of Employment  
and Wages (QCEW) for a period of three years from the date  
of execution. Countywide. (Gui Cunha, Office of Economic  
Development and Tourism Director)  
Resource Management  
11.  
2025-704  
Request Board approval to submit two (2) grant applications to  
the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,  
Bureau of Justice Assistance for the FY 2025 Adult Treatment  
Court Site-Based Grants. The applications will request up to  
$1,500,000 to support the Seminole County Adult Drug Court  
Program and up to $1,500,000 to establish a new Family  
Treatment Court. Additionally, authorize the County Manager or  
designee to execute all necessary grant documents.  
Countywide (Lorie Bailey Brown, CFO/ Resource  
Management Director)  
12.  
13.  
14.  
2025-730  
2025-731  
2025-749  
Award RFQ-604981-25/LAS - Mobile Concession Services for  
Seminole County Parks and Recreation to BBB Kona Ice, Inc.,  
Eustis, FL as a revenue-generating agreement and authorize  
the Purchasing and Contracts Division to execute the  
agreement and any future agreements under the same terms  
and conditions. Countywide (Stephen Koontz, Resource  
Management Deputy Director) Requesting Department -  
Parks and Recreation  
Award RFQ-604928-25/LAS - Demolition Services for Seminole  
County to Champion Services of Florida LLC, Apopka, FL,  
Cross Construction Services Inc., Lutz, FL, and Cross  
Environmental Services Inc., Crystal Springs, FL, and authorize  
the Purchasing and Contracts Division to execute the  
agreements. Countywide (Stephen Koontz, Resource  
Management Deputy Director) Requesting Department -  
Fleet and Facilities  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amended and  
Restated Ground Lease Agreement between Seminole County,  
Orange County, and the University of Central Florida  
concerning Fire Station 65. District1 - Dallari (Stephen  
Koontz, Resource Management Deputy Director)  
Requesting Department - Fire Department  
15.  
2025-760  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase  
Agreement related to Project Parcel #101 for property interests  
necessary for the Hillview Drive Drainage Improvement Project  
(8,216 ± SF) between Ellen Davis Rozier, Fatha DeSue, Grace  
M. Fair, Gloria M. Payne, Octavia Lynn Tillman, Tennille  
Leschelle Sanchez, Cato Leamon Mott II, Jeremiah Angel Mott,  
Charles Edward Sanders II, Winifred A. Coleman, Co-Trustee,  
and Janice L. Melson, Co-Trustee, and Seminole County for  
$61,890.00, as full settlement and any other claim for  
compensation from which Seminole County might be obligated  
to pay relating to the parcel. District3 - Constantine (Stephen  
Koontz, Resource Management Deputy Director)  
16.  
2025-753  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase  
Agreement related to Project Parcel #1-905 for a drainage  
easement necessary for the Midway Drainage Improvement  
Project (60 ± SF) between Henry Colyer and Seminole County  
for $1,550.00, as full settlement and any other claim for  
compensation from which Seminole County might be obligated  
to pay relating to the parcel. District5 - Herr (Stephen Koontz,  
Resource Management Deputy Director)  
17.  
2025-752  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase  
Agreement related to Project Parcel #2-822 for a drainage  
easement necessary for the Midway Drainage Improvement  
Project (75.43 ± SF) between Carl Rogers, Jr. and G. Charles  
Wohlust as Personal Representative of the Estate of Steve  
Gillison and the Estate of Nathaniel Gillison, Sr., and Seminole  
County for $6,450.00, as full settlement and any other claim  
for compensation from which Seminole County might be  
obligated to pay relating to the parcel. District5 - Herr  
(Stephen Koontz, Resource Management Deputy Director)  
18.  
2025-751  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase  
Agreement related to Project Parcel #2-821 for a drainage  
easement necessary for the Midway Drainage Improvement  
Project (663.04 ± SF) between G. Charles Wohlust as Personal  
Representative of the Estate of Julia J. Johnson, also known as  
Julia Demps, and Seminole County for $11,550.00, as full  
settlement and any other claim for compensation from which  
Seminole County might be obligated to pay relating to the  
parcel. District5 - Herr (Stephen Koontz, Resource  
Management Deputy Director)  
19.  
2025-742  
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution  
of Necessity for the Midway Drainage Improvement Project  
including Parcels 1-817, 1-820, 1-856, 2-806, 2-807, 2-808,  
2-809, 2-810, 2-811, 2-812, 2-813, 2-814, 2-815, 2-816, 2-817,  
2-819, 2-843, 2-844, and 2-845, and authorize staff to make  
binding written offers to property owners and, if necessary, to  
file condemnation proceedings to exercise the power of  
eminent domain. District5 - Herr (Stephen Koontz, Resource  
Management Deputy Director)  
V. WORKSESSION  
20.  
2025-759  
2025-763  
Freebee Overview and Customer Experience (Kristian  
Swenson, Assistant County Manager)  
21.  
2026 Employee Benefits and Wellness Discussion (Christina  
Brandolini, Human Resources Director)  
Recess BCC Meeting Until 1:30 P.M.  
Reconvene Meeting at 1:30 P.M.  
22.  
2025-765  
Quarterly Service Recognition Awards (Christina Brandolini,  
Human Resources Director)  
VI. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA  
Accept Proofs of Publication  
Ex Parte Disclosure  
Public Hearings - Quasi - Judicial  
23.  
2025-612  
Midway Loop Trail Rezone - Consider a Rezone from A-1  
(Agriculture) to PLI (Public Lands and Institutions) for a  
proposed trail and other future recreational facilities on  
approximately 106.96 acres, located on the west side of  
Brisson Avenue, north of State Road 46; (Z2025-05) (Daniel  
Heacock, Seminole County Parks and Recreation / Greenways  
& Natural Lands, Applicant) District5 - Herr (Kaitlyn Apgar,  
Senior Planner)  
24.  
2025-703  
Miyaji Sushi & Hibachi Special Exception - Consider a  
Special Exception to allow a restaurant within 1,000 feet of a  
school to obtain an alcohol license in the PD (Planned  
Development) district on 9.51 acres, located on the south side  
of W. Lake Mary Boulevard, east of Sun Drive; BS2025-08  
(Wen Zheng, Applicant) District4 - Lockhart (Hilary Padin,  
Planner)  
Public Hearings - Legislative  
25.  
2025-738  
Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 245 of the Seminole  
County Code to adopt a Five-Cent (5) Local Option Fuel Tax  
pursuant to section 336.02 (1)(b), Florida Statutes on every  
gallon of motor fuels sold in Seminole County effective January  
1, 2026, for a period of fifty (50) years, providing for collection,  
administration, and use of the tax proceeds for transportation  
expenditures. Countywide (Timothy Jecks, Management &  
Budget Director)  
26.  
2025-739  
Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 245 of the Seminole  
County Code relating to the Public Service Tax; amending  
section 245.102(a) to increase the tax rate levied in the  
Unincorporated areas from four percent (4%) to ten percent  
(10%); providing for severability, providing for codification, and  
providing an effective date of January 1, 2026. Countywide  
(Timothy Jecks, Management & Budget Director)  
VII. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT  
IIX. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT AND STAFF PRESENTATIONS  
27.  
2025-764  
Utilities Master Plan #4 (Johnny Edwards, Utilities Director)  
IX. DISTRICT COMMISSIONER REPORTS  
District 5 - Commissioner Herr  
District 1 - Commissioner Dallari  
District 3 - Commissioner Constantine  
28.  
2025-777  
Approve the District appointment of Mark Smith to the Parks  
and Preservation Advisory Committee for a term of 1/1/2025 -  
12-31-2026.  
District 4 - Commissioner Lockhart  
District 2 - Chairman Zembower  
X. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT  
XI. PUBLIC COMMENT (Items not Related to the Agenda)  
XII. ADJOURN BCC MEETING  
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PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE HUMAN RESOURCES, ADA COORDINATOR 48 HOURS IN  
ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AT 407-665-7940.  
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS NOTICE, PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNTY  
MANAGER'S OFFICE, AT 407-665-7219. PERSONS ARE ADVISED THAT, IF THEY DECIDE TO APPEAL  
DECISIONS MADE AT THESE MEETINGS/HEARINGS, THEY WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE  
PROCEEDINGS AND FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THEY MAY NEED TO INSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD  
OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH  
THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED, PER SECTION 286.0105, FLORIDA STATUTES.