Subject:
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2025 State Legislative Program.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval of the 2025 State Legislative Program.
• The Program lays out the Board’s guiding principles and priorities for the 2025 Florida Legislative Session.
• The program is a result of discussions with the Board, county staff, and the County’s contracted state government relations firm.
• Priorities include:
o SUPPORT raising the 911 fee to accommodate increased expenses and expansion of technology to continue providing high quality of service to citizens of Pinellas County.
o SUPPORT efforts to financially stabilize future LOFT revenue allocations through rate indexing, mirroring state levied fuel tax indexing per Florida Statutes 206 and 212.
o SUPPORT a state-wide Disaster Recovery Bill to assist with recovery efforts including Hurricane Housing Replacement Program, Revolving Loan Fund, Lost Revenue, FEMA cost share and Emergency Shelter hardening and enhancements.
o SUPPORT full funding of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Beach Management Funding Assistance Program for traditional beach and inlet projects and supplemental program funding to address damages from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton.
o SUPPORT County and Partner appropriations, including:
§ East Lake Road Corridor Improvements
§ Seminole Junior Warhawks Field Improvements
§ Hurricane Shelter Hardening
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Strategic Plan:
Deliver First Class Services to the Public and Our Customers
5.1 Maximize partner relationships and public outreach
5.2 Be responsible stewards of the public’s resources
Summary:
Summary
The 2025 State Legislative Program lays out the Board’s guiding principles and priorities for the 2025 Florida Legislative Session. In addition to the priorities included in the program, county staff and The Southern Group will closely monitor all issues that emerge throughout the 2025 Legislative Session and throughout the remainder of the year.
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Background Information:
After meeting with internal County departments and individual commissioners, this program will be presented to the Pinellas Legislative Delegation at a joint meeting with the Board on January 31, 2025. The program will guide the County’s legislative advocacy efforts during the 2025 Legislative Session and throughout the remainder of the year.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Staff Member Responsible:
Matthew Spoor, Assistant to County Administrator
Partners:
State Legislative Delegation
The Southern Group, State Government Relations Firm
Attachments:
2025 State Legislative Program