Decisions › County Commission meeting of Sep 8, 2026
Approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Drug Treatment Court budget after a presentation by the Opioid Task Force.
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.
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In plain words
A presentation by the Opioid Task Force asking the Board to approve the Fiscal Year 2027 budget for the Drug Treatment Court, which operates within the Judiciary and is administered by Court Administration.
What changes If approved, the proposed Year Two Drug Treatment Court budget will be included in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget.
Who and the money The Drug Treatment Court; the proposed budget totals $444,462, 100 percent funded by opioid settlement funding.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "This presentation is a follow-up to provide the recommended Year Two Drug Treatment Court budget, totaling $444,462, for approval."
Why (staff, quoted) "This presentation is a follow-up to provide the recommended Year Two Drug Treatment Court budget, totaling $444,462, for approval."
Paid from opioid settlement funding
Backup in the packet: Lake County DTC Budget _ Year 2 _ FY 2027 (p. 590)
Written from the Board Action and the staff cover sheet, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Staff memo
From the record
Presentation by the Opioid Task Force to provide the Fiscal Year 2027 recommended Drug Treatment Court budget for approval.Clerk of Court, Board Action, Sep 8, 2026, page 5. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved a change to the maintenance agreement with John Mixon, Deborah Mixon, and Christine Sloan for the Woods-Boyd Cemetery and Memorial Gardens in Groveland.
- Next item: Approved the solid waste assessment rates and roll for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026, with an estimated revenue of $33,987,543.
- All 24 items from Sep 8, 2026
More on taxes and budget
- Oct 27, 2026 Received the Sales Surtax Oversight Advisory Committee report and provisional meeting minutes from September 2025 and April 2026.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved $225,000 in Tourist Development Tax funds for Discover Lake County to sponsor Montverde Academy for marketing and promotional fees.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved the second amendment to the structure lease agreement with no fiscal impact.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved $156,000 in Tourist Development Tax funding for Lake County's bid to host the 2026-2028 FHSAA State Golf Championships at Mission Inn Resort & Club.
- Oct 13, 2026 Discussed grant funding for businesses near the Eudora Roundabout to support local economic activity in that area.