Decisions › County Commission meeting of May 19, 2026
Approved an agreement with the City of Leesburg about ambulance and emergency medical services MSTU increment revenues that reduces expenditures by $281,198.
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Voted on as part of the consent agendaA group of routine items the Board votes on together with one motion. Any commissioner can pull an item out to discuss and vote on it separately. County Commission agendas (CivicClerk portal); the recording starts at that vote. The county's own recording.
In plain words
An interlocal agreementA contract between two governments, such as the county and a city, to share a service, a cost or a responsibility. Florida Statutes 163.01 between Lake County and the City of Leesburg about how to split ambulance and emergency medical services MSTUMunicipal Service Taxing Unit: a part of the county where an extra property tax pays for a service only that area gets, such as fire protection or street lighting. Florida Statutes 125.01(1)(q) increment revenues.
What changes Lake County will keep 100% of the MSTU increment revenues collected for Leesburg redevelopment areas starting January 1, 2026, instead of paying them to those redevelopment agencies.
Who and the money Applies to Lake County and the City of Leesburg; fiscal impact is $281,198 (reduction of expenditures).
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "All payments from the MSTU should be made for the purpose of providing countywide ambulance and emergency medical services."
Why (staff, quoted) "All payments from the MSTU should be made for the purpose of providing countywide ambulance and emergency medical services."
Paid from Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services MSTU
Backup in the packet: Interlocal Agr. RE Tax Increment Revenues_Leesburg_Par Exe (p. 95), Leesburg Resolution No. 68 (p. 95), Leesburg Resolution No. 118 (p. 95), Leesburg Resolution No. 12,222 (p. 95)
Written from the Board Action and the staff cover sheet, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Staff memo
From the record
Request from Fire Rescue to recommend approval of the Interlocal Agreement Regarding the Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services MSTU Increment Revenues with the City of Leesburg. The fiscal impact is $281,198 (reduction of expenditures).Clerk of Court, Board Action, May 19, 2026, page 3. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved the purchase of one Pierce commercial pumper and one Pierce custom pumper from Ten-8 Fire and Safety, LLC for $2,270,517.
- Next item: Approved a change to the agreement with Find, Feed & Restore, Inc. for an affordable housing project funded by an $850,000 grant.
- All 33 items from May 19, 2026
More on public safety
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved using Contract 19-0707 with Ten-8 Fire & Safety, LLC to purchase a Pierce custom pumper for $1,249,125.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved a contract to retrofit two 6,000-gallon water tankers and buy two semi-tractors for Fire Rescue to use as frontline water supply vehicles.
- Sep 22, 2026 Approved applying for a $12,652,826 Department of Justice grant for the Lake County Sheriff's Office and authorized the Chairman to sign the documents.
- Sep 22, 2026 Approved a change to the contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. for six years of support and maintenance for the Countywide 800MHz Public Safety Radio System for $16,780,000.
- Sep 8, 2026 Approved the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance plan for the county.