Commissioner District 1 Katie Delaney , Commissioner District 2

Tom Goodson, Commissioner District 3 Kim Adkinson,

Commissioner District 4 Rob Feltner, and Commissioner District 5

Thad Altman

Present:

CALL TO ORDER 9:01 AM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Commissioner Feltner led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.

D.1. Minutes for Approval: November 18, 2025 Organizational / Regular Meeting

The Board approved the November 18, 2025, Organization/Regular Meeting Minutes.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Rob Feltner

Seconder: Katie Delaney

The Board approved Commissioner Goodson to participate in the meeting via telephone.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Rob Feltner

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

Chair Altman advised there is a speaker card for Item F.4., so he will pull that Item from the

Agenda.

Approval, Re: Permission to Apply for the Waste Tire Amnesty Program and Execute

Associated Agreement, Modifications, and Amendments Upon Funding Approval from the

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)

The Board approved for the Mosquito Control District to apply for FDEP Waste Tire Amnesty

Funding; authorized the County Manager to execute the funding agreement, future

amendments, and modifications, if funding is awarded by FDEP, upon review and approval by

the County Attorney’s Office, Risk Management, and Purchasing Services; and authorized the

County Manager to execute all necessary budget amendments (BCRs).

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

F.2. Approval, Re: Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida

Department of Transportation Grant Funding Agreements - All Districts

The Board approved and authorized the Chair to execute Grant Agreements from the State;

authorized the County Manager, or his designee, to execute all follow-up amendments and

modifications for projects, upon review by the County Attorney’s Office, Risk Management, and

Purchasing Services, related to FDEP and FDOT Grant Agreements: LG018 – Indian River

Lagoon Countywide Sewer Connection Assistance, LG021 – Skidmore Mobile Home Park

Sewer Connection Project, LG027 – North Merritt island Zone E Septic-to-Sewer Project,

LG028 – Sharpes Zone B Septic-to-Sewer Project, and L0155 – Indialantic Stormwater

Drainage Improvements-Phase 2 and FDOT – 456996-1-54-01 – West Central Bridge

Replacement (704207); authorized the County Manager to execute all contracts, task orders,

and change orders, as required in excess of $200,000, to accomplish work approved under

these State Contracts; and authorized the County Manager to execute all necessary Budget

Amendments (BCRs).

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.3. Approval to Accept Transfer of the balance of Florida Department of

Environmental Protection Grant LPA0417 from Cocoa Beach to Brevard County

and Authorization to Administer the Cocoa Beach Muck Capping Project

The Board authorized the Chair to sign a Letter to FDEP confirming Brevard County’s

willingness to assume administration of Grant Agreement No. LPA0417 from the City of Cocoa

Beach; and authorized the County Manager, for items related to the Cocoa Beach Golf Muck

Capping Project, to execute all contracts, agreements, amendments, modifications, and other

contract-related documents, upon review and approval by the County Attorney’s Office, Risk

Management, and Purchasing Services, Task Orders and Change Orders, as required in

excess of $200,000, to accomplish work approved under the State Grant, and all necessary

budget amendments (BCRs).

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.5. Final Plat and Contract Approval, Re: Meadow Pointe - Phase 1

Developer: Starlight Homes of Florida, LLC District 1

The Board, in accordance with Section 62-2841(i) and Section 62-2844, granted final plat

approval; and authorized the Chair to sign the final plat and Contract for Meadow Pointe –

Phase 1 – Developer: Starlight Homes of Florida, LLC, subject to minor engineering changes,

as applicable, and developer responsible for obtaining all other necessary jurisdictional permits.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.6. Approval, Re: Resolution, Fee Simple Conveyance by County Deed and

Easement Agreement (Drainage and Access) to Douglas Simon and Nancy

Simon, husband and wife; Settlement of Case No. 05-2025-CA-024682-XXCA-BC

(Douglas Simon and Nancy Simon v. Brevard County) - District 2.

The Board adopted Resolution No. 26-004, authorizing conveyance of real property interest by

the County; approved and authorized the Chair to execute the County Deed and Easement

Agreement (Drainage and Access); and authorized the County Manager to execute any and all

documents necessary to resolve the lawsuit between the Simons and Brevard County (Case

No. 05-2025-CA-024682-XXCA-BC).

Result: ADOPTED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.7. Approval, Re: Mutual Aid Agreement between National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, John F. Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC) and Brevard County.

The Board approved and authorized the Chair to execute Mutual Aid Agreement between

NASA-KSC and Brevard County for fire protection; and authorized the County Manager, or his

designee, to approve any subsequent amendments, renewals, or other required administrative

actions.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.8. Approval, Re: Permission to Competitively Solicit for Just-in-Time Inventory

Management for Automotive Parts and Supplies for the County’s Fleet Services

The Board authorized Purchasing Services to competitively solicit for Just-in-Time inventory

management for automotive parts and supplies for the County’s Fleet Services; and authorized

the County Manager to execute a contract with the most responsible, responsive bidder with

the lowest price for Just-in-Time inventory management for Fleet Services automotive parts

and supplies within the Board’s adopted budget.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.9. Approval for the Florida Local Government Finance Commission to Issue Private

Activity Bonds for East Coast Zoological Society of Florida, Inc.

The Board adopted Resolution No. 26-005, evidencing the County’s written approval to issue

conduit revenue bonds issues by the Florida Local Government Finance Commission on behalf

of the East Coast Zoological Society of Florida, Inc. for the financing of the East Coast

Zoological Society Aquarium, also known as Bowen Aquarium.

Result: ADOPTED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.10. Approval, Re: Permission to Advertise the Sale via Sealed Bidding of three (3)

parcels located on Barnes Boulevard and David Henderson Way, in the City of

Rockledge, Florida, a Municipality within Brevard County, Florida.

The Board approved permission to advertise a sale, via a sealed bid, for the three (3) parcels

located on Barnes Boulevard and David Henderson Way, City of Rockledge, Florida, identified

in the County Property Appraiser’s records as Parcel ID Nos. 25-36-21-00-251,

25-36-20-00-11, and 25-36-21-00-278; approved that the minimum bid price, as reflected in the

appraised values, will start at the following amounts: Parcel C will start at $420,000, Parcel D

will start at $580,000, and Parcel E will start at $275,000, and the amount for all Parcels (C, D,

and E) to a single bidder will start at $1,200,000; and upon receipt of the sealed bids for the

appraised value or higher, authorized the Chair to sign all documents required to effect the sale

and execute the necessary documents to provide the title to the highest qualified, responsive

bid(s) at or over the appraised values.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.11. Appointment(s) / Reappointment(s)

The Board appointed/reappointed William ‘Bill’ Shearer II to the Contractors’ Licensing Board,

with term expiring December 31, 2027; Jerrad Atkins and John Hopengarten to the Planning

and Zoning Board, with terms expiring December 31, 2027; and Camelia Chinaris, Vaughan

Kimberling, Randy Rodriguez, and Maureen Rupe to the Port St. John Dependent Special

District Advisory Board, with terms expiring December 31, 2029.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.12. Precinct Boundaries - Altered and Added (Chapter 101.001(1) F.S.)

The Board approved the creation of precinct 142 for the Willow Creek Community Development

District election and the altering of the Boundary of Precinct 114.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.13. Bill Folder

The Board acknowledged receipt of the Bill Folder.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

F.4. Waiver Request for Subdivision Sign, Re: Hidden Lakes (District 1)

Developer: Sign Lords, LLC

Commissioner Adkinson advised the cards says questions only.

Chair Altman asked if there are any questions on F.4.

The Board granted approval of a waiver of Section 62-2889(b)(5), which states that no

subdivision sign shall be higher than four feet in height and cannot exceed 100 square feet in

height (the proposed sign is not a part of a fence or wall).

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Rob Feltner

I.1.

Approval, Re: Transfer of Parcels (IDs 26-36-02-00-500, 26-36-02-00-502, and

26-36-11-00-6) to the Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (EEL) (District

Ian Golden, Parks and Recreation Director, explained in December the Board voted and

directed the EELs Program to look at the transfer of these parcels to their management; they

subsequently did, the Selection and Management Committee (SMC) also reviewed it, and

made a unanimous motion to recommend the transfer; before the Board, staff has an Agenda

Item that would approve the transfer as part of the SMCs approval, they did a request to waive

transfer fees; to honor that request, the Board has an option of either waiving those fees or

moving forward with just transfer fees of about $57,270 to pay the General Fund back what

was paid to Utilities back in 2014; the third Item is to authorize EELs Program to enter into a

friends of the Hundred Acre Hollow agreement with the not-for-profit; fourth is to authorize the

Parks and Recreation Director to sign set agreement, renewals, and modifications; and fifth is

to authorize the County Manager to execute all necessary actions to complete the transfer.

Commissioner Feltner commented this is his Item, so he will close on it after the cards.

Tom Unrath expressed his appreciation to the Board for considering this; he stated he is a

pastor, and as he mentioned at the very beginning of this whole thing nine years ago, God

created the world, he believes, and said to take care of it; and he reiterated his appreciation to

the Board for the opportunity it has given them. He went on to say he appreciated especially

former member of the Board, Commissioner Smith, back at that time; Margaret Mead,

anthropologist, said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can

change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has;” he hopes that they have been able

to be part of that tradition; they could not have done it at all without the help of a lot of people,

especially Virginia Barker, Natural Resources Director; and they think she was assigned as

their point of contact with the County, and she has done an absolutely phenomenal job. He

expressed his appreciation to Ms. Barker and her staff, Mike Knight and his staff, the SMC that

came out, looked at the property, and made the recommendation that they move forward to

transfer the property to EELs; there is a guy who is not here today, and will not be here

physically at all, his name is George Rosenfield; he died at one hundred years-plus; but he was

here speaking 10 years ago saying that he thought that this property should be set aside for

this kind of purpose that EELs is doing; he said, his phrase in that was in perpetuity; he

thanked the Board for allowing him to see from wherever he is that this is going forward; and he

appreciates all that the Board has and will be in a moment doing.

Anita Unrath expressed her appreciation to the board members, past and present; she advised

they have had 20 people in the past help them, they have moved to places like North Carolina,

Alaska, gone into the Coast Guard, one is an Army veterinarian now, who was on their board

when she was a student at Eastern Florida College here for two years, and another is going

into environmental engineering; she encouraged the Board to please vote in favor of this

Agenda Item; as Mr. Unrath said, it takes a village; and they do have this wonderful team. She

continued by saying they also had some wonderful contractors she would like to tell the Board

about because they did some awesome work; one is Roberto Bellotti of Suntree Landscaping,

he mowed the trails for them for the last nine years; another is Rick Cockrill of Superior

Aquatics; he has sprayed the category one invasive Cogon Grass, which they did not know

anything about; they knew about Brazilian Pepper Trees, but Cogon Grass could have taken

over all of Hundred Acre Hollows; he has been out there at least twice a year; and it needs to

be sprayed twice a year to make sure it goes away, as unfortunately it grows by underground

rhizomes, so it may come back in other areas. She stated they have tried to do what they could

to cut back the Cogon Grass; the Gopher Tortoises need their grass and Cogon Grass would

totally take over; they want to thank LEW Construction for cutting back and pulling out invasive

Brazilian Pepper Trees three years ago and they all gave them a good nonprofit price; she

expressed her appreciation to other people who helped them, Leysian and Yuland Wong; she

stated Mr. Wong was a young man who did their app to geo-locate the Gopher Tortoise

burrows they have used over the years; there have been other people who have volunteered to

cut down Brazilian Pepper Trees and vines; there have been numerous people who have

supported them financially; and they have been supported by individuals and some grants. She

noted the organizations that have supported them are the California Turtle and Tortoise Club;

in their first year they saw them online and sent them $250, which was such a gift at that point

when they had no money; they have also had help from the Space Coast Audubon Society

planting a garden in the south, the Keep Brevard Beautiful grant, they did another garden and a

rain pavilion with rain barrels, the Gannett Foundation gave them a grant one year, they got

recycled plastic picnic tables and benches, recently, the community foundation for the

Mobi-mats that they just installed, and the Gopher Tortoise Council for an educational grant

that they received; they had five Eagle Scout and three Girl Scout projects out there; they made

kiosk benches, educational signs, and bat houses; and she also wanted to thank the Brevard

Zoo which has been an amazing partner, as they bring out home school groups every year, and

also cut Brazilian Pepper Trees for the giraffes and goats. She asked the Board to vote in favor

of this; and she stated she hopes that they have made the Board proud as a small group of

people who could do such a thing to help the County.

Commissioner Feltner stated this has been a long time in the making, and he has certainly

accelerated it since he has been here, and since the County has the EELs Program; he thinks

the season was right to do this; and he appreciates the Board’s support today.

The Board approved transfer of the identified parcels (IDs 26-36-02-00-500, 26-36-02-00-502,

and 26-36-11-00-6) to the EELs Program; approved paying the $57,270 to the General Fund;

authorized EELs to enter into a Friends of the Hundred Acre Hollows Agreement with Hundred

Acre Hollows, Inc.; authorized Parks and Recreation Director to endorse the Agreement and

any renewals, amendments, or modifications, upon approval by the County Attorney’s Office

and Risk Management; and authorized the County Manager to execute all necessary budget

amendments (BCRs) or other administrative actions necessary to support the land transfer.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Rob Feltner

Seconder: Katie Delaney

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

J.1. Approval, Re: Resolution Authorizing the County Manager to Execute All

Necessary Documents to Request the Release of Right-of-Entry for Exploration of

Phosphate, Minerals, Metals, and Petroleum Reservation and Rights from the

Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida

Related to County-Owned Parcel Identified as Tax Parcel Identification Number

25-36-12-00-1 in District 2.

Marc Bernath, Public Works Director, explained Item J.1. is a resolution authorizing the County

Manager to execute all necessary documents to request release of entry for exploration of

phosphate, minerals, metals, and petroleum reservation and rights from the Board of Trustees

of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida; in July, the Board approved the

purchases with the County Attorney’s Office because the minimal risk; but staff is looking for

the Board’s permission to request the release at this time.

The Board adopted Resolution No. 26-006, authorizing the County Manager to execute all

necessary documents to request the release of right-of-entry for exploration phosphate,

minerals, metals, and petroleum reservation and rights from the Board of Trustees of the

Internal Improvements Fund of the State of Florida related to County-owned parcel identified as

Tax Parcel No. 25-36-12-00-1.

Result: ADOPTED

Mover: Rob Feltner

Seconder: Katie Delaney

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

J.2. Consideration of a Joint Resolution with City of Palm Bay for condemnation of an

approximate 3500-foot right-of-way from Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc.

for the extension of the St. Johns Heritage Parkway

Morris Richardson, County Attorney, explained this is an Item that evolved a little bit since it

was added to the Agenda; it involves the St. John’s Heritage Parkway and a potential support

of Palm Bay and the acquisition of a segment of the future Parkway extension that ultimately

will connect it from its terminus out west on Malabar Road now, down south to Babcock,

somewhere north of where Micco is; the City of Palm Bay took this up at their meeting

Thursday night, and they unanimously proceeded with a resolution proposed by the applicant

on it; as the Board knows, the St. John’s Heritage Parkway is a regionally significant

transportation corridor intended to improve east/west mobility, enhance emergency evacuation

capacity, and reduce congestion on parallel arterial roadways, including Babcock Street; there

is an Alternative Corridor Evaluation (ACE) study evaluating potential Parkway alignments

between Babcock Street to Malabar Road; the proposal before the Board would involve the

easternmost segment of that alignment, just west of Babcock Street; and it is in the jurisdiction

of the City of Palm Bay. He went on by saying the original proposal before the Board was a

joint resolution that purports to be an agreement where the County and City agree to certain

terms; it states that the resolution, if adopted by the County and City, would become an

agreement between them and between a private party who is going to fund any potential

eminent domain action that might need to be taken to acquire that property; just last night he

received an email from Scott Knox, who represents the private party Rolling Meadows Ranch

that is proposing to provide the financial backing for this acquisition; and he stated, and he

would agree, that because the subject property lies within the City of Palm Bay, the County’s

approval of this resolution is not necessary for the City to proceed and exercise its condemning

authority. He pointed out Palm Bay has the absolute authority to condemn the property in the

event statutory offer negotiation process called for in the resolution does not result in a

negotiated purchase of the property without the County; what they are really asking for is a

show of solidarity and support from the County; his recommendation, if the County Commission

is interested in proceeding and thinks this is a good thing to do and secure that segment of the

future alignment of the Parkway, would be to consider directing him to prepare a resolution

similar to the joint resolution put forth in the agreement, but modifying it to show that it is not

intended to be an agreement of the County as far as a contractual agreement but rather a

show of support for Palm Bay’s ultimate acquisition of the Parkway segment; and he is happy

to answer any questions the Board may have about this Item. He advised if the Board approves

and authorizes the Chair to execute the appropriate resolution.

Chair Altman stated it would be appropriate that the Board show solidarity with the City; it is a

regionally significant roadway; this is good news that the County is working together with the

City to make it happen; it also has a significant impact on a potential future school site, which is

a public benefit as well; this would encourage them to proceed; and he thinks a motion would

be in order.

William ‘Tuck’ Ferrell stated he is here for the Friends of the Parkway; their group started

working on this actually in 1982; they worked hard to run the Parkway from the airport to

Malabar Road; they would like to see it continue because it is going to be needed as a

transportation connector and corridor, it is a critical thing; they almost did not build Wickham

Road; when it was built, it was called the road to nowhere; people laughed about it; people

need transportation; and people in the South County need to get to I-95. He went on to say this

is a critical plan, and the interchange is there; this will connect to the interchange, because right

across Babcock Street, it is a critical thing to happen; they support it; they have a lot of support

for this, and a lot of support in the South County area; and he asked the Board for its support

on this, because Palm Bay has agreed 5:0 to support the thing as it is really needed.

Commissioner Feltner advised when he worked for the Legislature, Chair Altman was there as

well, he thinks nine or 10 sessions the Legislature appropriated money for the St. John’s

Heritage Parkway; and it has been many years in the making.

Commissioner Adkinson noted this is down her way; she had an opportunity to talk to a lot of

people that she knows down there about it; one of the things that kept coming up was an

evacuation route; and everybody thinks that it is going to be a real positive thing for lots of

reasons, but that in particular. She stated she wanted to make a motion to approve.

Attorney Richardson stated for clarification, he would recommend that the motion be that the

County Commission adopt a resolution showing support of the City of Palm Bay’s action to

move forward with acquisition of that property in partnership with the private party Rolling

Meadows Ranch, direct him to prepare a resolution to that effect, and authorize the Chair to

sign.

The Board directed the County Attorney to prepare a Resolution, adopted Resolution No.

26-007, and authorized the Chair to execute the Resolution in a showing of support for City of

Palm Bay’s action to move forward with the acquisition and condemnation of 3,500-foot

right-of-way segment owned by Forester (USA) Real Estate Group Inc., in partnership with

Rolling Meadows Ranch, a private party.

Result: ADOPTED

Mover: Kim Adkinson

Seconder: Rob Feltner

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

J.3. Appointment of a Member to the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority who is

Appointed Jointly by County Commissioners for Districts One, Two, and Four

Kathy Wall, Central Services Director, commented this Item is to appoint a member to the

Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority who is appointed jointly by County Commissioners Districts 1,

2, and 4.

Morris Richardson, County Attorney, stated he did a little research and it looks like in 1995,

then Commissioner Truman Scarborough actually asked for an Attorney General Opinion

(AGO) construing the language in the special act jointly appoint or that they be appointed jointly

by those Commissioners; certainly, there is a reading of that that would require a consensus or

no descent or unanimous approval; but the Attorney General at the time, bob Butterworth,

issued an opinion in response to former Commissioner Scarborough’s inquiry and opined that

the at-large member of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport District who that is to be appointed jointly by

the County Commissioners for Districts 1, 2, and 4 should be chosen by a process in which all

three Commissioners participate, but the member need not be selected unanimously; whatever

is the Board’s pleasure when it comes time, it is just those three members that would be

involved in selection; it could be wither by consensus if they are all in agreement, or it can be

by a vote; and it does not need to be unanimous to appoint a member to that at-large seat.

Commissioner Delaney asked if that means only three of the Commissioners are voting.

Attorney Richardson replied yes, only 1, 2, and 4.

John Hopengarten stated the Board knows him from his political career and being on the

Planning and Zoning Board; he is here today about the appointment for the Titusville-Cocoa

Airport Authority; many do not know that he spent many years in aviation as a project manager

for numerous airport projects; he started when he was in the Air Force, he is a decorated

combat veteran, a graduate architect, and he was the construction manager and designer for

numerous airport projects nationally and internationally; and he will give the Board some

examples. He went on to say for example Hobby Airport in Houston, Bush Intercontinental in

Houston, El Paso in Texas, Logan Airport in Boston, Cleveland Airport in Ohio, Santa Barbara

Airport in California, Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, and Sde Dov Airport in Israel; the projects

ranged from a million dollars to $650 million; he worked on the design for hangars, terminals,

passenger gates, hard stands, aprons, maintenance facilities, baggage handling, runway

extensions, concession areas, storm drainage, fire protection and detection, docking systems

for visual gates, apron lighting, cathodic protection for fuel systems, earthworks, loading

bridges, and he could go on and on, he has done it all; in the Middle East he was assigned to

do two training facilities for the Israeli Air Force for F-15s and the Blackhawk helicopter

systems with simulators, flight simulators; they were putting those in as well; he also did a

training school for Scandinavian Airlines for all of their management personnel; and besides all

of that, he has done warehouses, office buildings, industrial parks, parking garages, and hotels,

all Air Force-related. He stated administratively, he was country manager for Parsons

Brinckerhoff, a large engineering firm back in the day, he thinks 12,000 engineers; he was the

procurement agent for getting two airports in Cyprus under a Build Operate Transfer (BOT)

Program, which is like a private/public partnership; he designed a computer; he is a licensed

commercial real estate broker; he made a lot of money doing this kind of work; he is offering

the County all of the knowledge he has for free; and he asked the Board to please consider him

for this position.

Chair Altman advised there is one card for questions only by Ty Moore.

Commissioner Delaney stated she would like to make a motion if there is no discussion.

Commissioner Goodson stated he wanted to make a motion to nominate Kendall (Ty) Moore II,

who runs a business out of Merritt Island; he is a young gentleman; and that is what the County

needs to promote since all is getting older.

Commissioner Delaney asked for a point of order; she asked since she wanted to make a

motion first, what the order of that would be.

Chair Altman replied since the Commissioner was on the phone he wanted to give him the

opportunity to make a comment, so there are two Commissioners who want to make a motion.

Commissioner Feltner stated he thinks the Board should go to Commissioner Delaney’s motion

first.

Chair Altman stated it is parliamentary procedure to take Commissioner Delaney’s motion first.

Morris Richardson, County Attorney, advised he would take up her motions first and see if there

is a second, but only among the three who vote on this.

Commissioner Delaney stated she wanted to make a motion to approve John Hopengarten to

the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority.

Motion died due to lack of a second.

Commissioner Goodson restated his motion to appoint Kendall (Ty) T. Moore II to the

Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority.

Commissioner Feltner stated he will second it.

Commissioner Delaney stated she has a lot of concern about this because she did not really

see a whole lot of experience; when there is someone who puts their name in with decades of

experience, she thinks it would put the airport in a much better situation to add this type of

experience onto the board with Mr. Hopengarten; she is the young one on this Board so she

understands bringing youth into these situations, but she also is highly in favor of making sure

the most qualified person is put into these positions; and she would have to believe Mr.

Hopengarten is that person.

Commissioner Feltner pointed out he has known Mr. Moore a long time, he first met him when

he was four, and he is a very impressive young man; he appreciates what Commissioner

Delaney said about experience; he would note that it is an accomplishment to have 800 flight

hours in a cockpit, he is working towards his multi-engine rating in hopes to be an instructor as

a multi-engine pilot, and is running a small airline; he thinks Mr. Moore has a very interesting

perspective; he appreciates the experience and education he has; and he thinks he will be a

great addition to the board.

Commissioner Delaney commented while she understands that, the County has a lot of pilots

on this board already, so it would be, in her opinion, better to diversify the type of experience

and knowledge it has on this board, especially with all of the growth and expansion; flying a

plane is great, and obviously, extremely accomplished; that is an fantastic skill; but it might be a

good idea to have somebody on this board who has decades of experience with expansion and

revitalizing airports; and she just wants to put it out there, because it needs to be put out there,

this person’s father is Kendall Moore. She stated she is curious about this, especially this

airport; she understands it is a joint appointment, but this airport is in her District; and she

would never step on the other Commissioners toes in his or her Districts.

Commissioner Feltner asked what all airports are under the TICO airport authority.

Chair Altman replied he thinks Merritt Island is included.

Commissioner Feltner stated he thinks so too; and he asked if Merritt Island is one of them.

Commissioner Delaney asked if there are two of the three in District 1.

Attorney Richardson replied Arthur Dunn, TICO, and Merritt Island.

Commissioner Delaney reiterated two out of the three are in District 1 she believes.

Commissioner Feltner noted he thinks Merritt Island is an equally significant part of the whole

TICO apparatus.

Commissioner Delaney stated Space Coast Regional is the biggest.

Commissioner Feltner asked if Mr. Moore flew out of Titusville on a regular basis.

Mr. Moore advised he originally did not prepare comments, but if there is time available, he

would definitely like to make some; he originally did apply for the position on the board; he is a

patron and a user of both Merritt Island and Titusville Airports probably for the last 18 years

now; he is an aircraft owner, he has an aircraft at Merritt Island, and he also manages two

additional family aircraft at Merritt Island; professionally, he owns a company that buys, sells,

and manages Embraer jets predominantly, so when they bring clients in for Embraer tours or

they are looking at purchasing real estate in the County, they do use Space Coast Regional

giving Carsten and Wendy business as they have been really good to them at Space Coast

Executive Jet Center over the years; in addition, and this is not to speak negatively on the other

candidates, but he can add something the other candidates do not currently do; and the other

candidates have skillsets that the board has already demonstrated to be fully-competent at one

highly experienced real estate developer, whereas the Board has demonstrated their

competency. He continued by saying one of the most recent developments, the River Fly-In

condos a collaboration, and the hangars that they intend to build at Merritt Island, and the other

applicant, an airline pilot at JetBlue he believes, which Mr. Craig who is on the board who is

also a pilot, already had the position; but what he can add, as Commissioner Goodson

mentioned, a perspective from the next generation, which is something that the board currently

does not possess; they have general aviation covered, they have airlines covered, they have

the commercial real estate covered, but on the business/aviation side, he does not believe

there is somebody who currently sits in that position, and business/aviation is an integral part of

growth at any airport ecosystem, especially at smaller airports, which he has experience

operating in and out of; and he would be happy to take any questions.

The Board acknowledged the appointment of Kendall (Ty) T. Moore II to the Titusville-Cocoa

Airport Authority, with said term expiring December 15, 2028.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Tom Goodson

Seconder: Rob Feltner

Ayes: Goodson, and Feltner

Nay: Delaney

Abstain: Adkinson, and Altman

J.4. Annual Investment Performance Report Year Ended September 30, 2025 - County

Finance Department

Mark Peterson, Brevard County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, County Finance

Department, commented he has with him today Richard Pengelly with Public Financial

Management, the Chair of the Investment Committee, Robert Socks, and staff member Andrew

Walcott; this Item is requesting that the Board accept the Brevard County Annual Investment

Report; this report has been prepared by the County’s Investment Advisor and County Finance,

as required by the County’s Investment Policy BCC-49, which is in compliance with Florida

Statutes, and approved by the County’s Investment Committee, which is comprised of citizens

of the County; and they approved it at their last quarterly meeting. He went on to say the

County’s earnings in 2025 was, as can be seen on the presentation, was $63 million; in 2024, it

earned $50 million; a large part of that is because of where interest rates have been; interest

rates are starting to decline; it is not promising that the County will continue to get that, but it

earned $63 million; and that $63 million has been allocated amongst the various funds. He

stated whatever cash is in whatever funds, be it soil, fire rescue, solid waste, or utilities, that

money goes back to those respective funds that had the cash balances, so the money is not

being taken and put into one area; it is being allocated amongst 160 different funds; Board

Departments do budget for this on an annual basis, that is part of their budgets; in earning $63

million, it helps replace basically revenue that normally, depending on where the markets were,

would be affected in their budgets; in the County’s portfolio it is broken up into three areas, a

short-term portfolio, long-term portfolio, and the Multi-Asset Class Management (MACM)

portfolio; each of them have unique characteristics; the short-term is investments that are less

than a year, which is at year end at September 30th, was for almost $420 million; that is what is

used to make payroll, accounts payable, and make weekly payments; and the interest that was

earned last year on the short-term portfolio was 4.11 percent, which is managed by County

Finance, they manage that and dealing with the daily banking. He mentioned the long-term

portfolio is in the one to three-year area; there was $589 million, and it earned 4.47 percent;

that portfolio is overseen by PFM Asset Management, LLC, the investment advisor; they have

the expertise; they have been doing this for a number of years; they only work with

governments, which is an added benefit because governments are very unique in what they

can do; then there is the MACM portfolio, which is Multi-Asset Class Management; this gets

into index funds, equities; at year end there was $148 million there, they earned 12 percent,

which is a lot greater than both the long-term and the short-term; and where that benefit came

in is because of the equities. He stated about eight years ago, this Board approved for them to

start investing in MACM, and it was to try to beat inflation; if inflation is four or five percent and

the County is earning three and four percent, it is behind, so adding this MACM portfolio

actually helps the County be competitive; it is a small piece of the total $149 million out of a

billion dollar portfolio, so everything is not being thrown into one area which also is a benefit in

that when the economy is good it might have a short-term, outperforming the benchmark; if it is

in the long-term, things go like a roller coaster, it is up and down, one never knows where

things are going to go, but they are trying to protect the public’s money; and the short-term

portfolio, everything is diversified. He pointed out as the Board can see on this slide, the pie

chart to the left, is in local government investment pools, it is in banks, and it is in Certificate of

Deposits (CDs), so the money is not all in one area; the long-term portfolio, shown in the upper

right hand corner, they are in US treasuries, corporates, and agencies, it is very diversified, so

any one area, depending on the economy, might get hit harder than another, but generally one

area will do better, one area is less, so it compensates for that; and he wants to let Mr.

Pengelly say a few words to show the Board kind of the history last year, where they think

some of the factors that they are having to weigh in on in this coming year with the markets.

Mr. Pengelly stated the past performance over the past fiscal year was very good; in fact, over

the past couple of years, they have seen pretty good performance driven by a fairly strong and

growing economy, and underlying that is it has really been a strong consumer; about two-thirds

of the US economy is driven by consumers and consumer spending; when thinking of the

outlook from here what they expect in the coming fiscal year is they really pay attention to what

the consumer is looking like and what the outlook is for the consumer among economists and

businesses; what business conditions look like for corporations; and both of those look fairly

strong. He continued by saying consumer balance sheets, as they are now, look fairly strong;

the same thing with the corporate balance sheets; they are getting a lot of earnings information

recently and that continues to support this idea that companies are in a good place and their

outlook is good in the near term; they do not really forecast, and economists and market

participants do not forecast that they will have the same, strong performance that they have

seen kind of outside performance that they have seen over the past three years; but things look

good, at least for the next fiscal year. He mentioned in terms of how they are positioning the

County’s investments, they have a neutral positioning on its portfolios given that sort of

moderate outlook in the near term; and with that, he will pass it back to Mr. Peterson.

Mr. Peterson stated he wanted to introduce to the Board, Bob Socks, the Chairman of the

Investment Committee; and he has asked him to say a few things to the Board.

Mr. Socks expressed his appreciation to Mr. Peterson, Andrew Walcott, the Brevard County

Clerk of Courts staff, and PFM Asset Management for the success that they have had; he has

been on the committee for six years, was elected Chairman last year, and he is very proud to

present these results to the Board; he thinks the results are excellent; and they appreciate the

Board’s support.

Mr. Peterson concluded by saying he will finalize before the Board approves this; Rachel

Sadoff, Clerk of Courts, could not be here today as she had a previous appointment; she would

have really like to have been here; but she does sends her regards; that is the report; and he

asked if the Board has any questions.

Commissioner Delaney mentioned she does not have any questions, but she just wanted to

express her appreciation to Mr. Peterson and his team for coming here today; when the Board

received this briefing, she really felt like this was information that the public would like to know;

it is a question that she gets all of the time as to what the County is doing with its money, if it is

investing it; this team is doing an incredible job; and she just wanted to get this out for the

public to see, as this is some great stuff being done here. She reiterated her appreciation to

them for their hard work and for doing this presentation.

Chair Altman asked if the County invests in Bitcoin.

Mr. Peterson replied no; he stated one year he did have a question from a Commissioner

asking if gold could be invested in; they do not take on anything speculative; the primary thing

in their Policy is safety, which is number one, then liquidity, and then return, in that order; and

they are not going to take on assumed risks that would jeopardize the County’s investments.

Chair Altman advised he knows that being involved with the State government, they had

investment strategies; it is a big chunk of money; decisions have been made not to invest in

certain countries that promote terrorism, antisemitism, apartheid, and other things; and he

asked if the County is involved in that and follows the lead of the State on those types of

decisions, or does it have a sort of not laissez-faire, private, and how is the County different in

that regard.

Mr. Peterson responded the Board’s Policy, which again complies with Florida Statutes,

indicates that they have to identify the things they are allowed to invest in; over the years, there

have been times they have come back to the Board after the Investment Committee has done

lengthy vetting of the process and said yes, they want to invest in this; then they would come

back before the Board and via an ordinance, they would then be able to invest in something;

and the speculation of getting in some governments, or dealing with some entities, he believes

there are some governments who actually invest in foreign bonds.

Mr. Pengelly pointed out they do not invest, by policy, company policy, any of the companies

that are on the scrutinized company list that the State puts out; because they only invest in

governments, they are very aware of the headline risk associated with those; even though it is

not a requirement, that is a State requirement, it does not flow down to local governments, they

do not do it at that level; and most of those companies do not really issue large, public debt, so

they would not even meet their criteria for the types of investments, large, public, liquid

investments that they invest in anyway.

Chair Altman inquired in making investment decisions, do they ever choose to invest in areas

that have a benefit for the region, for example, aerospace investment versus industries that

might be on the other side of the country providing capital in those entities that are promoting

the local economy, and is that ever a factor.

Mr. Pengelly replied no, it is not part of the County’s Policy.

Chair Altman asked if the Board wanted to make that a policy, if it would have the ability to do

that.

Mr. Pengelly explained there was some legislation passed in 2023 that limited creating sort of

extra criteria outside of purely pecuniary factors, that is sort of traditional credit metrics, what

the financial stability of a particular type of investment; what Chair Altman is asking for local

investment may be a little outside of that; and they would have to research that whether that

would go in violation.

Chair Altman noted it would not necessarily be local, but it would be private industry,

aerospace, or high tech; it could be a company in Seattle, there are a couple of them, but it has

a role.

Jim Liesenfelt, County Manager, stated they beat him to the answer, there are State standards,

certain laws, and investment guidelines that need to be followed.

Commissioner Feltner expressed his appreciation to them for being here and doing this

presentation today and meeting with him earlier; they had a discussion about inflation,

obviously everyone is dealing with it; it is an interesting thing when he talks to folks that there is

consumer inflation; when one goes to the store to buy something, it is a dollar more than it was

a year ago, that is consumer inflation; but the inflation to local government is much higher than

that, so one thinks of the things that must be done that the market does not do, roads, bridges,

these kinds of things that; the costs of those things year over year, or even replacing

equipment, that is a tough thing being dealt with, so much higher; he greatly appreciates that

they have found ways to get the County a better return on its money; and it is not a nice thing, it

is a necessary thing. He advised he appreciates their fiscal management for the County.

Commissioner Adkinson stated she just wanted to say thanks for the $63 million.

Chair Altman expressed the Board’s appreciation for their work and time, as well as staff

supporting this; and the County is in good financial hands.

The Board acknowledged and accepted the Brevard County Annual Investment Performance

Report, for the year ended September 30, 2025.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Rob Feltner

Seconder: Katie Delaney

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

L.1. Jim Liesenfelt, County Manager

Jim Liesenfelt, County Manager, stated he is passing out a letter, they sent out an email late;

this is something that has been happening through the weekend; he received a call on Friday

night from Secretary Tyler who is the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 5

secretary; the State FDOT is Statewide is applying for a grant, which is the Statewide

advancement of future enhancements at Intercity Passenger Rail Crossings Program; they

have been asking for support; each of the districts have been going to all the local governments

asking for support; this is a grant that is going to target about 900 crossings Statewide; and

those are railroad crossings that have passenger rail service. He went on to say off the top of

his head, that would be Brightline, SunRail, Tri Rail, Amtrak, and he is not sure if the Street Car

in Tampa is in there, so it is throughout the State; he spoke to Secretary Tyler; Marc Bernath,

Public Works Director, and Karina Perez, Public Works, have been on a phone call with The

City of Cocoa and FDOT; Georganna Gillette, Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) has

also been speaking with FDOT, so this has been going here and about; the way the grant

would work is if the State wins it, or gets awarded it, it is 80 percent Federal, which is pretty

typical, 20 percent would be the local match, FDOT would provide their standard local match,

and they provide half, it is 10 percent; Secretary Tyler said that they would be going to the

railroad partners for half of that remaining 10 percent, and the County’s match would be five

percent; he asked the question what five percent was; and right now they are estimating

Brevard’s local match would be somewhere around $150,000 over five years. He advised they

are still checking as it is 49 different crossings; the County already has some grants for some

of the crossings, so it might be a little bit lower number; the letter the Board has talks about

how the County will work and support coming up with local match, if necessary; the other letter

talked about a hard match; he told them, the County could not do that, the County could not

commit to anything it cannot fund; the letter in front of the Commissioners is just asking he or

she to support a letter to FDOT for their grant application; the grant application is due February

6, so it is moving fast; he thought about it at the workshop, but the Board cannot take official

action at a workshop; there are double x’s on the number of railroad crossings because it is

being finalized; and if the Board approves this letter, he will have the finalized letter for the

Chair on Thursday, or he has a copy he can sign and submit it on behalf of the Board to the

FDOT.

Commissioner Feltner asked just to clarify, if anything that would be appropriated as part of the

match from the County would be brought back to the Board.

Mr. Liesenfelt replied affirmatively; and the County is going to have to have some sort of

agreement with FDOT.

Commissioner Feltner stated this today of itself, is not an agreement as much as saying the

Board is interested in FDOT going out and seeking the funds.

Mr. Liesenfelt explained this does not commit the County to expending or allocating any funds

of its own at this point.

The Board authorized the Chair to execute a letter in support for Florida Department of

Transportation’s (FDOT) application to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the

Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (FSP) Grant program for the SAFE-IPR

Program.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Rob Feltner

Seconder: Kim Adkinson

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

Jim Liesenfelt, County Manager

Chair Altman pointed out the County Manager is known for his very innovative dress; and he

asked Mr. Liesenfelt to show the Board what he is wearing underneath his jacket.

Mr. Liesenfelt provided a short video of folks chanting Indiana University’s fight song; and he

advised everyone at the Clerk’s Office can spell Hoosier.

Chair Altman expressed his congratulations to Indiana for the wonderful win and storybook

finish, and probably one of the most historic college football seasons ever; he stated he is

excited that Indiana won; it is great to have a County Manager with such roots, and to have a

Big 10 representative; and he has become family of the Big 10 with his son working for Illinois.

L.3. Katie Delaney, Commissioner District 1

Commissioner Delaney stated she just wanted to give some upcoming opportunities for

residents to stay engaged and for their voices to be heard; the County’s first budget workshop

is coming up January 29th, this Thursday at 1:00 p.m.; if one cannot come, it will be

livestreamed, so one will be able to watch that in the comfort of their own home, and if he or

she does not want to sit through a four-hour meeting; she asked them to feel free to zoom over,

three hours in or something, and give the Board his or her public comments; it is going to be a

lot of really good information; the Board is going to be talking about Public Works, Stormwater,

and Utilities; and those are things, especially in her District, that is always a topic of

conversation. She continued by saying on January 30th, Florida Department of Environmental

Protection (FDEP) is going to be holding the public hearing for the Blue Origin wastewater

discharge permit renewal; that is going to be at 3696 Lake Drive, Cocoa, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00

p.m.; unfortunately, FDEP decided not to move the meeting to allow for more people to come,

but luckily, County staff has opened up some overflow parking; hopefully, as many people as

possible will be able to fit into that room so he or she can bring their comments to FDEP; the

County recently had a meeting with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) about the

State Road (SR) 524 expansion, that was incredible; there were probably 150 show up to that

meeting; and she expressed her appreciation for District 1 for showing up for that and really

being engaged in that conversation. She noted the public can still write written comments until

February 2nd; she has a Substack, Katie Delaney Substack, that gives people all of the

information about the project and the links to where one can submit those comments to FDOT;

for the FDEP meeting, they have extended public comment to February 6th, which she also has

a Substack article on that where all of the links can be found to get people’s written comments

in if he or she cannot get to this meeting; Speak Up Brevard deadline is January 31st; as of

today, the County has 34 submissions; and she wanted to talk about that she will be bringing

up for consideration a workshop. She mentioned she knew Susan Connelly pretty well, and she

would definitely be flattered with the naming of the program after her; but in her opinion, what

she would really feel honored about is to make this program the best it could be; she hopes she

will get support for that in the future; and she asked if the County Manager had any updates

about the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) notification, the potential website, and

how that is going.

Jim Liesenfelt, County Manager, responded they have had a couple of meetings and will be

ready to present to the Board a proposed website on the February 10th Board meeting.

Commissioner Delaney commented she wanted to let everyone know that she is going to be

putting out an article on Substack following this meeting about PFAS and where one can find

that, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) links so that people can get more

informed for the care of their families.

L.5. Kim Adkinson, Commissioner District 3, Vice-Chair

Commissioner Adkinson stated she does not actually have a report, she has a request; it looks

like the request, 840, is kind of laying around; the Bill 1465 is not making it through its

subcommittees; she has spoken to the State Representatives, a few of them, not all of them,

and all she keeps hearing is there does not seem to be much interest; she asked that any of

the Board members who have contacts or relationships with the State Representatives if he or

she could just put a bug in their ear, because like she said before, this affects the whole

County; and specifically, she wanted to ask Chair Altman in the Sunshine, he worked really

hard to get the Area of Critical State Concern (ACSC) done, so if it is possible for him to take

some time to think about what she, as District 3, could be doing to help with the process since

she is new, that would be fantastic.

Chair Altman expressed his appreciation to Commissioner Adkinson for her leadership in the

great job she has done in advocating for the South Beaches and Brevard; he advised it is

abhorrent what the State has done to local planning and local governments with the Senate Bill

180; he has always felt, and many call it a mistake, very few things happen by mistake up

there; he thinks it was a significant overreach of State government infringing upon people’s

ability to govern locally; and it is hurting the State dramatically, it will hurt the South Beaches.

He continued by saying he appreciates Commissioner Adkinson bringing this up; he will

personally reach out and for Commissioner Adkinson to just keep doing what she is doing; he

is surprised the Governor has not become more active; he has had a strong track rate record of

conservation in Florida, and hopefully, he will step up and advocate for the County; he did sign

the Bill into law, but maybe he got some bad advice; and he asked if the Legislature does not

come through for the County; he does not want to prejudge, because these things are

intentionally held hostage until the very end and they become a significant negotiating point;

everybody in Tallahassee is always looking for an angle, leverage, and something to barter

with; and it is like a third-world market, best analogy he could think of, that can be happening

as well, so continue to engage. He asked if this is not resolved, the Board talked about this

early on in the process, it wanted to give the Legislature an opportunity to resolve it, but does

the Board still have an opportunity to engage in the lawsuit that, he thinks it is a thousand

friends.

Morris Richardson, County Attorney, responded potentially, he does not know that the County

would necessarily want to engage in that lawsuit; and the County has a unique circumstance in

regard to the ACSC, so it might want to discuss doing something separately even that

addresses the County’s unique circumstances as well.

Commissioner Delaney stated she knows that the Bill that Commissioner Adkinson referenced

is very important, but she wanted to broaden this conservation a little bit because there are a lot

of bills up there right now that are targeting agricultural land, making it extremely easy for

developers to come in and just do what they will; there are also a couple of bills up there now

that are targeting wetlands; she thinks all of these things together are going to really change

the dynamic of Florida, take away Home Rule, which is Constitutionally protected; and she

would be in heavy support of doing whatever it takes to protect the community.

Commissioner Feltner stated 1465 was mentioned, he thinks it was the Bill number in the

House, that is the one that seems to be stalled; there is not an exact Senate companion, but

there is a Senate version; and he asked if that is moving forward as he has not looked recently.

Commissioner Adkinson asked the 840.

Commissioner Feltner advised he guesses that was it.

Commissioner Adkinson commented it was doing well, she has not looked at it in the last

couple of days, so she does not know.

Commissioner Feltner stated he knows sometimes it is the situation that one chamber will do

more work on a bill.

Attorney Richardson pointed out SB 840 is advancing towards the Senate Rules Committee,

that is going to be its final stop before the Senate floor; SB 840 is by far the preferable of the

alternatives to the House Bill; but SB 840 seems to be the only one with momentum.

Commissioner Feltner noted that is ready to roll, it sounds like.

Attorney Richardson stated that would be much better for the County’s situation; and frankly,

1465 as written now would not solve some of the County’s issues.

Commissioner Feltner stated Chair Altman knows better than he does, he was up there; but he

worked up there, so the Senate has their version ready to go; the Board is in favor of the

Senate version it sounds like so far; and he asked when it comes over, do they do a strike all,

they make a match up.

Chair Altman replied that is a high probability.

Commissioner Feltner commented that is the way it is starting to sound right now.

Chair Altman explained the County has a very good delegation and he knows they are working

hard on it; there is a good chance they at least get the area of critical concern resolved

hopefully; and he just hopes they do the bigger picture and they really restore some of these

planning authority, local government, has because it has serious impacts on the County’s open

space, the wetlands, the agriculture, the green belt, 100 percent counter to what the general

public or the legislature has been doing in recent years.

L.7. Thad Altman, Commissioner District 5, Chairman

Chair Altman stated he has one item; he guesses it was the last meeting or two that the Board

had a presentation on PACE, and the Board looked at the possibility of reimplementing the

PACE program, which is something the Board should look at; but the Tax Collector received an

incredibly negative, threatening, and adversarial letter related to PACE attacking her ability to

comment and have public input, really attacking her and the Board’s ability to set minimum

amounts, what is charged, overhead; he was in disbelief where the County put an olive branch

out there to welcome this industry in lieu of all of the past negativity and problems in the past;

and it had not even scheduled a public hearing to talk about it, and they are already

threatening, attacking, and limiting the Board’s ability to have public dialogue, the constituents

ability to have first amendment rights. He noted this Commission has always been supportive of

diversity of thoughts and ideas, and encouraging debate; he thinks this should just be put on

hold until the attacks and issues in this letter are resolved; he has talked to the County Attorney

about it; and he was just going to ask the board to put it on hold until some of those issues

were resolved.

Commissioner Delaney advised she would be in favor of that.

Commissioner Feltner asked if there needs to be a motion or simply that the Board does not

take it up; and he asked if it is because the Board sort of went to legislative intent.

Morris Richardson, County Attorney, stated right now he has direction to research consumer

protection measures and prepare a resolution to bring back to the Board for consideration; and

for him to pause that, he would just want clear consensus direction from the Board that he

should stand down for now until the Board directs otherwise.

Commissioner Feltner asked if the Board needs to make a motion to permanently table the

Item or to withdraw the prior motion.

Attorney Richardson replied that would be fine; and he just needs standing direction right now

to proceed, so unless he is told otherwise, he would proceed to bring it back.

Chair Altman noted he did not want to put a burden on staff and for the County and taxpayer to

incur the expenses when one of its constitutional offices is kind of under attack right now; if it

looks at consumer protections, probably the number one would be addressing the things that

were brought up in this letter; and he just thought it would send a strong message.

Commissioner Adkinson asked who the letter is from.

Attorney Richardson responded it is from the Florida PACE Funding Agency, their attorney

James Dinkins; it relates to prior litigation between the Tax Collectors, which the County’s Tax

Collector was not a party to, but it really relates to financing that they issued previously, so the

letter is not so much about going forward; the gentleman who spoke at the Board meeting,

Chris Peterson, spoke on behalf of the same agency that the attorney represents that sent this

letter to the Tax Collector; and he believes the next day after the meeting.

Chair Altman explained it eerily brought up issues that were talked about; one of the things that

was talked about was what the Clerk could charge in overhead costs to administer this

program, and was threatening her to not have the statutory authority that she has; if the Clerk

is incurring additional expense, it is costing the County; and he just did not want Attorney

Richardson to work in one direction and expending staff’s precious time and resources knowing

the County is already at odds with this industry, already threatening and attacking.

The Board authorized staff to permanently table any previous direction regarding the PACE

Program.

Result: APPROVED

Mover: Katie Delaney

Seconder: Rob Feltner

Ayes: Delaney, Goodson, Adkinson, Feltner, and Altman

Thad Altman, Commissioner District 5, Chairman

Attorney Richardson asked the Clerk to prepare a memorandum to that effect.