The Vice Chairman pointed out Sumter County sent a letter stating they support Seminole's
request to leave District 5 (received and filed for 4-14-2026 Submissions List). She reiterated
that Seminole is District 24. The districts were never combined, Seminole was never a part of
District 5, and Seminole does not need permission to leave and stand up their own medical
examiner facility, because they are their own district. They plan on being in alignment with the
current agreement that expires in 2029. They do not plan on renewing it because they are
moving forward with the plans of a new medical examiner facility.
District 1 - Commissioner Dallari
Commissioner Dallari congratulated staff and leadership on the retreat. The Commissioner
reported on MetroPlan Orlando's report that is not done yet regarding traffic calming devices
in relationship to first responders. He reminded April is Child Abuse Awareness month. If
anyone would like to get involved, there will be pinwheels by the sheriff's office, the
courthouse, and Kids House.
District 4 - Commissioner Lockhart (Additional)
Vice Chairman Lockhart advised after the State of Real Estate event, Altamonte Springs City
Commissioner Jim Turney expressed his concern to her about the County's potential
conversations relating to putting ordinances into effect that impact the use of e-bikes. He
believes the city manager was in touch with someone at the county on that topic. He thinks
there is some middle ground that should be looked at and not just, as he perceives,
completely outlawing e-bikes. Mr. Gray confirmed staff has been in conversation, but he has
been working with Commissioner Dallari with MPO, and they have never talked about banning
e-bikes. Commissioner Dallari added MPO doesn't have anything going on about e-bikes
right now because that is being discussed in Tallahassee and they are waiting to see what is
done. Tallahassee will take lead, and then it will trickle down.
District 5 - Chairman Herr
Chairman Herr reported on the joint planning agreement with Sanford. There have been
several milestones that had been missed that county staff has reported on, and Sanford's
team has reported that the county canceled the meeting, so they are right back where they
were and they need to pull this back together. She thinks the meeting was canceled because
there were several milestones that were missed, and they need to reengage with Sanford's
city manager. Vice Chairman Lockhart commented in her staff briefing, she asked if there
would be an opportunity for the Board to send a letter or reach out to their counterparts,
because it could be the mayor and the commissioners are not aware that things are not
progressing at the staff level. Ms. Borkert advised the meeting was canceled because they
said at the previous meeting they were going to meet individually with the Commissioners and
determine how the amendment should be brought forth and the time frames. They have the
answer now and the draft amendment, and it will be coming to the Board to extend the JPA.
Mr. Gray added it is scheduled to come back at the next BCC meeting.
The Chairman reported on Leadership Seminole's panel of David Johnson talking about
property taxes, the Board retreat, and a panel discussion on homelessness and affordable
housing,
The Chairman reported in regards to opioid abatement, she met with Stage CARES, who has
the ability to measure the results of programs the County is paying for. They dashboard all
the results. It is a healthcare delivery program, and they are measuring against
evidence-based standards. She advised she passed that information on to Community
