Decisions › County Commission meeting of May 19, 2026
Approved a Florida Department of Transportation grant agreement for $920,154 to buy transit vehicles for older adults and people with disabilities.
The result is from the Clerk's Board ActionThe Clerk's same-week record of what the County Commission decided on each agenda tab. Vote tallies and discussion come later in the Board Minutes. Clerk of Court, Board Action and Board Minutes on Municode. The vote by name appears here when the official minutes are posted, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Watch this part of the meeting (starts at 0:52:53)
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
A grant agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to buy four 23-foot cutaway buses for transit services to older adults and individuals with disabilities.
What changes The county accepts the grant, adopts a resolutionA formal Board decision that is not a law: it states a position, approves an agreement, sets a fee or rate, or directs staff. Adopted by a vote, usually without a public hearing. Florida Statutes 125.01 to appropriate the funds, and transfers money from transit reserves to pay the county's share for the buses.
Who and the money Lake County Transit Services; total cost $920,154 with $828,138 from federal and state grants and $92,016 from the county.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Section 5310 grant program was established as a discretionary program by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide operating assistance for transportation services to older adults and individuals with disabilities."
Why (staff, quoted) "The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Section 5310 grant program was established as a discretionary program by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide operating assistance for transportation services to older adults and individuals with disabilities."
Paid from Section 5310 Capital Grant
Backup in the packet: FFY25 5310 Lake County BOCC Draft PTGAv.3 (p. 132), URR for Agenda Item 42886 (p. 132), BUA for Agenda Item 42886 (p. 132)
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 Transit Services to recommend approval: 1. To accept the Florida Department of Transportation under the Section 5310 Capital Grant Agreement for Fiscal Year 2026; 2. To procure vehicles under the State's bid list through FDOT's Transit Research Inspection Procurement Services (TRIPS) Program; 3. To adopt Unanticipated Revenue Resolution 2026-51 (URR) to accept and appropriate $828,138 for the Florida Department of Transportation's Section 5310 Capital Grant Agreement; and 4. Of a budget transfer in the amount of $92,016 from Transit Reserves for Operations to Machinery and Equipment. The fiscal impact is $920,154 - $828,138 (revenue/expenditure - grantClerk of Court, Board Action, May 19, 2026, page 4. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved designating Tammy Parrott as the Single Administrative Head of the Lake County Library System and authorizing the Chairman to sign the state certification form.
- Next item: Approved accepting a $800,000 Florida Department of Transportation grant for bus operations in Fiscal Year 2026.
- All 33 items from May 19, 2026
More on contracts and purchasing
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved six contracts for storm drain system cleaning and related services with Atlantic Pipe Services, LLC, Earth View, LLC, Flotech Environmental, LLC, GCU, LLC, Rowland (DE), LLC, and Shenandoah General Construction, LLC.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved two on-call contracts for guardrail and handrail repair with C. Slagter Construction, Inc. and Southeast Highway Guardrail & Attenuators, LLC, costing $250,000.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved a change to the shared contract for medical examiner services with five other counties and authorized the chairman to sign later edits.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved a $482,547 annual Core Contract with the Lake County Department of Health for services from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved three contracts with Estep Construction, J & L General Services, and Pro Way Paving Systems for non-road paving services, costing $500,000.