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| | | | The Marion County Board of County Commissioners welcomes you to its regularly scheduled meeting held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted. The zoning portion of the meeting is held on the Monday before the third Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. Should additional time be needed, the zoning portion will continue on the following Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.
All commission and zoning meetings are open to the public.
Pre-screening will be conducted upon entering the administrative building, located at 601 SE 25th Ave., Ocala, FL 34471.
As a courtesy to others, silence your cell phones and other electronic devices before entering the auditorium. If you need to take a call, please step outside.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
To encourage participation, ensure equal access to all participants and foster mutual respect, please follow these guidelines.
-Regular BCC Meeting
-There are two (2) public comment portions on the agenda, one reserved for comments related to items specifically listed on the agenda, and one for all other comments.
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2026-24645
| 1 | | Commissioner Items | *** ELECT NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR *** | | |
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| | | | CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
9:00 AM ROLL CALL
ANNOUNCEMENTS | | |
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| | 1. | | PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: | | |
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2026-24887
| 1 | 1.1. | Proclamation and Presentation | SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Recognition of 16 Years of Service for Commissioner Kathy Bryant and Commissioner Carl Zalak, III - Mounir Bouyounes, P.E., County Administrator (Presentation Only) | | |
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2026-24832
| 1 | 1.2. | Proclamation and Presentation | PROCLAMATION – Look Up Marion, Put Down the Phone Day – Beth McCall, Executive Director, Marion County Children’s Alliance (Approval and Presentation) | | |
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2026-24806
| 1 | 1.3. | Proclamation and Presentation | PRESENTATION - Flagler Award from VISIT FLORIDA to the Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau for Travel Trade, Meetings & B2B Marketing - Loretta Shaffer, Tourist Development Director (Presentation Only) | | |
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2026-24873
| 1 | 1.4. | Proclamation and Presentation | PROCLAMATION - National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week (Approval Only) | | |
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| | 2. | | AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC COMMENTS: | | |
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| | | | Reserved for comments related to items specifically listed on this agenda. Scheduled requests will be heard first and limited to five (5) minutes. Unscheduled requests will be limited to two (2) minutes. Citizens may contact Marion County Administration by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before the meeting at 352-438-2300 to request to speak or submit the request online at: www.marionfl.org. | | |
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| | 3. | | ADOPT THE FOLLOWING MINUTES: | | |
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2026-24836
| 1 | 3.1. | Minutes | July 14, 2026 | | |
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| | 4. | | CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENTAL OR OUTSIDE AGENCIES: | | |
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2026-24841
| 1 | 4.1. | Outside Agencies | Request Approval of Traffic Enforcement Agreement Between William “Billy” Woods, Sheriff of Marion County, Marion County Board of County Commissioners, and The Village at Hidden Lakes (Budget Impact - Neutral) | | |
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| | 5. | | CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT: | | |
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| | 5.1. | | Budget Amendment | | |
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2026-24830
| 1 | 5.1.1. | Budget Amendment | General Fund - Clerk to County Commission Transfer - $50,124 | | |
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2026-24811
| 1 | 5.1.2. | Budget Amendment | Impact Fee West District Fund - Impact Fees West District - $45,500 | | |
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2026-24768
| 1 | 5.1.3. | Budget Amendment | Infrastructure Surtax Capital Project Fund - Infrastructure Tax Transportation - $295,350 | | |
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2026-24769
| 1 | 5.1.4. | Budget Amendment | Marion County Utility Fund - Utilities Management - $29,000 | | |
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2026-24835
| 1 | 5.1.5. | Budget Amendment | Multiple Funds - Sheriff’s Office Multiple Cost Centers - $280,843 | | |
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2026-24874
| 1 | 5.1.6. | Budget Amendment | Parks and Recreation Fees Fund - Parks and Recreation Fees - $18,800 | | |
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| | 5.2. | | Project Adjustment | | |
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2026-24870
| 1 | 5.2.1. | Project Adjustment | Transfer Project Funds and Amend the Capital Improvement Program - Infrastructure Surtax Capital Projects - $2,827 | | |
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| | 5.3. | | Clerk of the Court Items | | |
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2026-24876
| 1 | 5.3.1. | Clerk of the Court | Request Approval to Proceed with the Annual Contract with MAXIMUS to Perform Cost Allocation Study for the Fiscal Year 2027-28 Budget | | |
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2026-24821
| 1 | 5.3.2. | Clerk of the Court | Present the Acquisition or Disposition of Property Forms Authorizing Changes in Status, per List from Information Technology | | |
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| | 6. | | PUBLIC HEARINGS (Request Proof of Publication) at 10:00 am: NONE | | |
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| | | | Public participation is encouraged. When prompted, please step up to the podium and state your name and address for the record. Please limit your comments to the specific issue being addressed. | | |
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| | 7. | | CONSENT: | | |
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| | | | A motion to approve the Consent Agenda is a motion to approve all recommended actions. All matters on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion unless desired by a Commissioner. | | |
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| | 7.1. | | Administration: | | |
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2026-24823
| 1 | 7.1.1. | Consent | Request Approval of Fourth Amendment to Grant Agreement Between Humane Society of Marion County, Inc. and Marion County (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $60,000) | | |
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2026-24824
| 1 | 7.1.2. | Consent | Request Approval of Fourth Amendment to Grant Agreement Between Sheltering Hands, Inc. and Marion County (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $30,000) | | |
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2026-24825
| 1 | 7.1.3. | Consent | Request Approval of Fourth Amendment to Grant Agreement Between Voices of Change Animal League, Inc. and Marion County (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $60,000) | | |
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| | 7.2. | | Municipal Services: | | |
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2026-24834
| 1 | 7.2.1. | Consent | Request Acceptance of Belleview Heights Estates Unit 8 - SE 44th Avenue (SE 144th Street to SE 142nd Lane) Improvement Area into Warranty Period and Authorization for Chairman to Execute Letter to Contractor (Budget Impact - None) | | |
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| | 7.3. | | Procurement Services: | | |
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2026-24810
| 1 | 7.3.1. | Consent | Request Approval of Contract Amendment: 18Q-160-CA-15 SW/NW 80th/70th Ave. Widening Post Design Services - Utility Design NW 80th - 70th Avenue Segment 2 - Guerra Development Corporation, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; total expenditure of $84,345) | | |
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2026-24843
| 1 | 7.3.2. | Consent | Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal): 22C-027-CA-05 CEP Funding Agreement - Ocala/Marion County Chamber of Commerce dba Ocala Metro Chamber and Economic Partnership for Economic Development and Small Business Incubator Services (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $300,000) | | |
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2026-24826
| 1 | 7.3.3. | Consent | Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal): 22C-150-CA-02, ESO Firehouse Software - ESO Solutions, Inc., Austin Texas (Budget Impact - Neutral; five-year expenditure of $348,463.09) | | |
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2026-24804
| 1 | 7.3.4. | Consent | Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal): 23B-183-CA-01 Water Main Crew Line - Horizontal Directional Drill Services - Wyatt Construction & Boring, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $504,000) | | |
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2026-24844
| 1 | 7.3.5. | Consent | Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal and Assignment): 21P-136-CA-01, Communications Voice, Data and Logging Recorder System - Word Systems, LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Reassigned to Valsoft Corporation Inc., d/b/a WSI Technologies (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $70,230.50) | | |
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2026-24819
| 1 | 7.3.6. | Consent | Request Approval of Piggyback: 27PB-009 Building Inspection Plan Review Services - Joe Payne, Inc., d/b/a JPI, Melbourne, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $500,000) | | |
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2026-24615
| 1 | 7.3.7. | Consent | Request Approval of Purchase Order: 17P-121 Waste Transportation and Hauling - Atomic Transport, LLC, Chattanooga, TN (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $3,333,000) | | |
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2026-24629
| 1 | 7.3.8. | Consent | Request Approval of Purchase Order: 24B-096 Refrigerant Removal and Disposal - HVAC Concepts, LLC, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $100,000) | | |
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2026-24814
| 1 | 7.3.9. | Consent | Request Approval of Task Order: 23Q-087-TO-78 Belleview Middle School Safe Routes to School - Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $268,740) | | |
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2026-24643
| 1 | 7.3.10. | Consent | Request Approval of Task Order: 25Q-090-TO-08 Annual Gas Work at County Landfills - Solid Waste Engineering, Integrity Environmental Solutions, LLC, Monroe, NC (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $305,650) | | |
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2026-24649
| 1 | 7.3.11. | Consent | Request Approval of Task Order: 25Q-090-TO-09 Solid Waste Engineering Services, Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring Reporting - Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt Consulting Engineers, Inc., dba SCS Engineers, Tampa, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $88,880) | | |
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2026-24767
| 1 | 7.3.12. | Consent | Request Approval of Purchases $50,000 and Over | | |
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| | 7.4. | | Tourist Development: | | |
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2026-24637
| 1 | 7.4.1. | Consent | Request Approval of Tourist Development Council Recommendation for Room Night Generating Event (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of up to $28,000) | | |
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| | 7.5. | | Transportation - County Engineer: | | |
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2026-24698
| 1 | 7.5.1. | Consent | Request Consideration of Harbison Agricultural Lot Split (AgLotSplit-001223-2026) Waiver to Establish a County Municipal Services Benefit Unit; Parcel 08512-000-00; WaiverPIR-001221-2026; Rogers Engineering & Land Surveying, LLC (Budget Impact - None) | | |
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2026-24828
| 1 | 7.5.2. | Consent | Request Approval of an Encroachment Agreement with Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC for the NW 49th Street Phase 3 Road Improvement Project (Budget Impact - None) | | |
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2026-24842
| 1 | 7.5.3. | Consent | Request Approval of an Intersection Improvement Agreement for SE Hwy 42 and 91st Phillips Court Intersection Improvements between Marion County and Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Budget Impact - None) | | |
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| | 7.6. | | Utilities: | | |
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2026-24582
| 1 | 7.6.1. | Consent | Request Approval of Developer Agreement Between Family Life Assembly of God, Inc and Marion County Utilities (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $96,201.83) | | |
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| | 8. | | COUNTY ATTORNEY: | | |
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2026-24872
| 1 | 8.1. | County Attorney | Request Approval of First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement Between Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter, and Seminoles Counties for Cost Share of Medical Examiner’s Services and Related Matters (Budget Impact - None) | | |
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2026-24877
| 1 | 8.2. | County Attorney | Request Board Authorization for County Attorney and County Engineer to Proceed with the Acquisition of Certain Property Interests from Wayne Wan Cini and Paulina S. Acevedo-Cini, or their Successors in Interest, for the SW/NW 80th/70th Avenue Road Construction Project, for the Purchase Price and Other Parameters Described Herein (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $863,150) | | |
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| | 9. | | COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: | | |
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2026-24426
| 1 | 9.1. | County Administrator | Request for Release of Liens on Code Enforcement Case Numbers 808870 and 912969; Parcel Number 2100-053-020; No Address Assigned | | |
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2026-24438
| 1 | 9.2. | County Administrator | Request for Release of Lien on Code Enforcement Case Number 904177; Parcel Number 0800-028-000; Site Address 3080 NE 135th Street, Anthony, FL 32617 | | |
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2026-24553
| 1 | 9.3. | County Administrator | Request for Release of Lien on Code Enforcement Case Number 875136; Parcel Number 1301-028-009; Site Address 6235 NW 62nd Avenue, Ocala, FL 34482 | | |
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2026-24586
| 1 | 9.4. | County Administrator | Request Approval of the Preliminary Engineering Report for SW 27th Avenue (CR 475A) at SW 66th Street Intersection Improvements - Task B | | |
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2026-24878
| 1 | 9.5. | County Administrator | Request Approval of Resolution Authorizing the County Administrator to Acquire Two Parcels for the NE 35th Street Phase 1B Road Widening Project (Budget Impact - Neutral; not to exceed $160,000) | | |
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| | 10. | | COMMITTEE ITEMS: NONE | | |
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| | 11. | | NOTATION FOR ACTION: | | |
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2026-24864
| 1 | 11.1. | Notation for Action | Request Approval to Reschedule the Marion Oaks Manor Extension Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study Workshop from November 12, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. to December 9, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium | | |
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2026-24631
| 1 | 11.2. | Notation for Action | Request Approval to Schedule and Advertise a Public Hearing to Consider an Ordinance Amending Chapter 5, Boats, Docks and Waterways, Article IV. Rainbow River and K.P. Hole, to Increase Fines and Provide for a Noise Sensitive Zone on Tuesday, December 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. or Soon Thereafter, in the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium | | |
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2026-24883
| 1 | 11.3. | Notation for Action | Request Approval to Schedule and Advertise Two Public Hearings to Consider Ordinances to Amend the Marion County Land Development Code on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., and Tuesday, December 15, 2026, at 5:30 p.m., or Soon Thereafter, with Each Hearing to be Held in the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium | | |
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| | 12. | | GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS: | | |
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| | | | Scheduled requests will be heard first and limited to five (5) minutes. Unscheduled speakers will be limited to two (2) minutes. Citizens may contact Marion County Administration by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before the meeting at 352-438-2300 to request to speak or sign up online at: www.marionfl.org . | | |
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| | 13. | | COMMISSIONER ITEMS: | | |
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| | 13.1. | | Commission Comments | | |
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| | 13.2. | | Commission Calendar | | |
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2026-24831
| 1 | 13.2.1. | Commission Calendar | Present Commission Calendar | | |
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| | 14. | | NOTATION FOR RECORD: | | |
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| | 14.1. | | County Administrator Informational Items: | | |
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2026-24770
| 1 | 14.1.1. | Notation for Record | Present Letter from the City of Belleview Dated October 15, 2026 Regarding Fiscal Year 2026-27 Annual Budget which Includes the Downtown Belleview Community Redevelopment Agency | | |
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2026-24805
| 1 | 14.1.2. | Notation for Record | Present Letters Dated October 9, 2026, to Marion County’s Federal Delegation Regarding United States Department of Agriculture/United States Forestry Service Forest Tower Communications Site Lease | | |
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2026-24807
| 1 | 14.1.3. | Notation for Record | Present Solid Waste Monthly Operations Report for September 2026 | | |
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2026-24815
| 1 | 14.1.4. | Notation for Record | Present Letter Dated September 24, 2026 Regarding the Uplands Stewardship District Fiscal Year 2027 Meeting Schedule | | |
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2026-24816
| 1 | 14.1.5. | Notation for Record | Present Letter Dated September 25, 2026 Regarding the Bay Laurel Center Community Development District Fiscal Year 2027 Meeting Schedule | | |
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2026-24817
| 1 | 14.1.6. | Notation for Record | Present Letter Dated September 30, 2026 Regarding the Florida Development Finance Corporation Annual Reporting Requirements | | |
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2026-24818
| 1 | 14.1.7. | Notation for Record | Present Communication Dated September 14, 2026 Regarding the Uplands Stewardship District | | |
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| | 14.2. | | Present Walk-On Items From Previous BCC Meeting: NONE | | |
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| | 14.3. | | Clerk of the Court: | | |
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2026-24837
| 1 | 14.3.1. | Notation for Record | Present Memorandum from Gregory C. Harrell, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Regarding the Filing of Ordinances 26-41 and 26-42 with the Secretary of State’s Office | | |
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2026-24871
| 1 | 14.3.2. | Notation for Record | Present Regular Report of Utilization for Reserve for Contingencies | | |
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| | 14.4. | | Present for information and record, minutes and notices received from the following committees and agencies: | | |
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2026-24838
| 1 | 14.4.1. | Present Information for the Record | Code Enforcement Board (CEB) - September 9, 2026 | | |
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2026-24839
| 1 | 14.4.2. | Present Information for the Record | Development Review Committee - October 5 and 12, 2026 | | |
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2026-24840
| 1 | 14.4.3. | Present Information for the Record | Tourist Development Council - September 24, 2026 | | |
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| | 14.5. | | General Informational Items: | | |
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| | 14.5.1. | | Marion County Health Department – For the Latest health news and information, Visit the Website at http://marion.floridahealth.gov/ | | |
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| | 14.5.2. | | Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) - For Minutes and Agendas, Visit the Website at http://www.WaterMatters.org | | |
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| | 14.5.3. | | St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) - For Minutes and Agendas, Visit the Website at https://www.sjrwmd.com | | |
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| | 14.5.4. | | Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) - For Minutes and Agendas, Visit the Website at https://ocalamariontpo.org | | |
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| | 14.5.5. | | Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority (WRWSA) - For Minutes and Agendas, Visit the Website at http://www.wrwsa.org | | |
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