Decisions › County Commission meeting of Oct 27, 2026
Approved a $174,233 agreement with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) to continue providing weekend and holiday Link 55 fixed route bus service in South Lake County.
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In plain words
A contract with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) to keep running the Link 55 bus route on weekends and holidays in South Lake County.
What changes The County formally approves the LYNX agreement for the next service year, continuing the existing weekend and holiday bus arrangement.
Who and the money South Lake County riders; $174,233 expenditure, 100% grant funded, within the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "LYNX would continue to provide Lake County’s portion of Link 55 on weekends and holidays when LakeXpress does not operate."
Where South Lake County
Why (staff, quoted) "LYNX would continue to provide Lake County’s portion of Link 55 on weekends and holidays when LakeXpress does not operate."
Paid from grant funded
Backup in the packet: 27-C002 Lake partially executed (p. 321)
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 of the agreement with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) to continue providing weekend and holiday Link 55 fixed route bus service in South Lake County. The fiscal impact is $174,233 – $174,233 (expenditure - grant funded) and is within, and will not exceed, the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. Commission District 1.Clerk of Court, Board Action, Oct 27, 2026, page 4. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved advertising an ordinance to change the rules for getting refunds on the solid waste fee for hardship, non-accessible homes, and vacant properties.
- Next item: Approved a resolution to advertise a public hearing to vacate a portion of the Village Green plat, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- All 19 items from Oct 27, 2026
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