Decisions › County Commission meeting of Jul 28, 2026
Approved a $1,050,769 grant agreement with the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged to fund paratransit trips for people who cannot drive.
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In plain words
A grant agreement with the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged to fund paratransit trips for people who cannot drive, covering medical, nutritional, employment, education, and life-sustaining travel.
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 $212,787 in unanticipated revenue, and transfers $23,643 from transit reserves to cover the county's matching share.
Who and the money The grant provides $945,693 from the state with a $105,076 county match, totaling $1,050,769 for approximately 28,019 paratransit trips during fiscal year 2026-2027.
The record states no reason.
The county's record does not say where this applies.
Why (staff, quoted) "Annually, the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD) awards funds to the Community Transportation Coordinators (CTCs) to provide transportation services for the transportation-disadvantaged population."
Paid from CTD Trip and Equipment Grant
Backup in the packet: G3S92 Lake TE 2026-27 (p. 206), CTD T&E FY 26-27 Resolution 2026-71 (p. 206), BUA for Agenda Item for Project 20657 (p. 206), URR for FY 26-27 CTD Trip and Equipment Grant (p. 206)
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 Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip and Equipment Grant Agreement for Fiscal Year 2026-2027; and 2. To adopt Unanticipated Revenue Resolution 2026-82 (URR) to accept and appropriate $212,787 for the CTD Trip and Equipment Grant; and 3. Of a budget transfer in the amount of $23,643 funds Transit Reserves for Operations to the Contractual Services. The total fiscal impact is $1,050,769 — $945,693 (revenue/expenditure - grant funded) and $105,076 (expenditure - county match).Clerk of Court, Board Action, Jul 28, 2026, page 6. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved Urban County Cooperation Agreements with the City of Umatilla and the Town of Astatula for the Community Development Block Grant program for Fiscal Years 2027, 2028 and 2029.
- Next item: Approved accepting a $2,248,842 Federal Transit Administration grant to buy three replacement buses from Gillig, LLC under a Jacksonville Transportation Authority contract.
- All 16 items from Jul 28, 2026
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- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a plan to hold a public hearing to remove driveway, walkway, and cul-de-sac easements on lots 174-177 in Dora Pines, Unit 1, for $2,295.00.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved vacating a 330.65 feet by 15 feet right of way in the Clermont area, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a new rule in the Lake County Code requiring property owners to confirm if historical or archaeological resources exist on their land before development begins.