Decisions › County Commission meeting of Oct 27, 2026
Approved funding for the Lake County School Board Choice and Alternative Education's Driver's Education Program, Behind-the-Wheel.
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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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 request to approve funding for the Lake County School Board's Driver's Education Program, Behind-the-Wheel Driving Instruction.
What changes The Board approved the funding request for the driver's education program.
Who and the money The estimated fiscal impact is $162,140 (expenditure) from the Lake County Traffic Education Trust Fund.
The record states no reason.
Why (staff, quoted) "In compliance with Section 318.1215, Florida Statutes, known as the Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety Act, Lake County (County) adopted OrdinanceA county law. The Board adopts it at an advertised public hearing, and it stays in force until repealed; the county's ordinances are collected in the Code of Ordinances. Florida Statutes 125.66 2002-87, codified under Section 9-15, Lake County Code, establishing the Lake County Traffic Education Trust Fund (Trust Fund)."
Paid from Lake County Traffic Education Trust Fund
Backup in the packet: Behind-the-Wheel FY 2012 Annual Funding Agreement_2.21.2012 (p. 305), FY26-27 Funding Request Behind the Wheel (p. 305)
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 Housing and Community Services to recommend approval of funding for the Lake County School Board Choice and Alternative Education’s Driver's Education Program, Behind-the-WheelClerk of Court, Board Action, Oct 27, 2026, page 3. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved a change to the firefighter contract for third-year wages and moved $2,615,936 from reserves to pay the $2,615,935.04 cost.
- Next 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.
- All 19 items from Oct 27, 2026
More on schools and libraries
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved the termination of the library impact fee agreement between Lake County and the Town of Howey-in-the-Hills for Fiscal Year 2026.
- Sep 22, 2026 Approved a change to the library service agreements with ten local libraries to extend the contract for 12 months at a cost of $1,207,294.
- Sep 22, 2026 Approved submitting the Fiscal Year 2027 State Aid to Libraries Grant Application, including certifications of funds, hours, free library services, and access to materials.
- Sep 22, 2026 Approved $200,000 for the Lake County Library System eBook & eAudiobook Expansion project.
- May 21, 2026 Heard a presentation about the library services update and the proposed fiscal year 2027 budget.