Decisions › County Commission meeting of Oct 27, 2026
Approved advertising an ordinance to change the rules for getting refunds on the solid waste fee for hardship, non-accessible homes, and vacant properties.
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 0:24:06)
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 advertise an 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 The Board adopts it at an advertised public hearing, and it stays in force until repealed; the county's ordinances are collected in the Code of Ordinances.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 amending Section 23-80 of the Lake County Code, which governs refunds of the Waste Materials Assessment (the fee for solid waste service).
What changes If adopted after public hearing, the ordinance would let the County Manager issue refunds of the waste fee for extraordinary circumstances not already covered by existing refund categories.
Who and the money Applies to Lake County property owners who pay the Waste Materials Assessment; the fiscal impact cannot be determined at this time.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "Extraordinary circumstances may warrant a refund of the Waste Material Assessment not contemplated by the existing categories."
Why (staff, quoted) "Extraordinary circumstances may warrant a refund of the Waste Material Assessment not contemplated by the existing categories."
Backup in the packet: Proposed Ordinance (p. 315), Business Impact Estimate_Solid Waste Hardship (p. 315), J. McIntosh_Affordable Housing Impact Statement_Solid Waste Refunds (p. 315)
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 Solid Waste to recommend approval to advertise an Ordinance amending Section 23-80, Lake County Code, entitled Hardship assistance, non-accessible premise refund and annual vacancy refund. The fiscal impact cannot be determined at this time.Clerk of Court, Board Action, Oct 27, 2026, page 4. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved funding for the Lake County School Board Choice and Alternative Education's Driver's Education Program, Behind-the-Wheel.
- Next item: 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.
- All 19 items from Oct 27, 2026
More on utilities and solid waste
- Sep 22, 2026 Approved accepting public Non-Exclusive Utility Easement Deeds secured for the Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems (DWTS).
- Jul 14, 2026 Approved a Lighting Services Agreement with Duke Energy One, Inc. to install and maintain street lighting along 0.6 miles of Hancock Road for $443,980.
- Jun 9, 2026 Approved a change to a license agreement with Coastal Conservation Association for an oyster shell storage site at the Astatula landfill facility.
- Jun 9, 2026 Approved a change to the contract with OnSyte Performance, LLC, for replacing traditional septic systems with individual distributed wastewater treatment systems and maintaining them.
- Jun 9, 2026 Heard a presentation from David Salinas, Office of Solid Waste Director, about deep injection wells.