Lake County Commission recap, week ending February 13, 2026
This week the Lake County Board of County Commissioners:
- Approved a $1,083,525.33 contract with Bulldog Sitework, LLC to build the North Lake Trail from East Collins Street to Beach Street.
- In plain words: A contract to build a multi-use trail along SR 19 from East Collins Street to Beach Street in North Lake County, near Umatilla. Bulldog Sitework, LLC will construct the trail, which will include both concrete and asphalt sections.
- Where: North Lake Trail (East Collins Street to Beach Street). Why, in staff's words: "The project consists of constructing a multi-use trail along SR 19."
- Source: Board Action, Feb 10, 2026
- Approved an $824,269 hotel incentive grant award for Hotel Siena Holdings LLC over a five-year period.
- In plain words: A hotel incentive grant award to Hotel Siena Holdings LLC for building a 100-room hotel with conference center and amenities in Montverde, under the Lake County Economic Development Hotel Incentive Grant Program. The County will pay a five-year grant that decreases each year, starting at 75% the first year, if the applicant meets all requirements including specified amenities and a capital investment of at least twenty million dollars.
- Where: Montverde. Why, in staff's words: "The Applicant plans to build a 100-room hotel with a conference center and other amenities (Project)." Paid from: Lake County Economic Development Hotel Incentive Grant.
- Source: Board Action, Feb 10, 2026
- Approved a task order with Halff Associates, Inc. for $135,028 to design intersection improvements at Jalarmy Road and Lake Minneola Shores.
- In plain words: A task order under an existing on-call engineering contract to design intersection improvements at Jalarmy Road and Lake Minneola Shores. The county will hire Halff Associates, Inc. to design a turn lane and traffic signal at that intersection.
- Where: Jalarmy Road and Lake Minneola Shores. Why, in staff's words: "The task order is to design intersection improvements at Jalarmy Road and Lake Minneola Shores."
- Source: Board Action, Feb 10, 2026
- Approved the minutes of the Board's earlier regular or special meetings, as listed in the record.
- Source: Board Action, Feb 10, 2026
- Approved the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller's 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), a group of routine notices and reports voted on together.
- In plain words: A batch of six routine notices the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller asks the Board to accept at once, including paid warrants, a community development districtCommunity Development District: a special district a developer sets up to finance and run a subdivision's roads, water and amenities, paid for by assessments on the lots. Florida Statutes 190.003 facilities report, a lands available list, audited financial statements, and two city ordinancesA 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. The Board formally accepts the six notices into the meeting record, completing the required acknowledgment of each item.
- Why, in staff's words: "Notice is hereby provided of warrants paid prior to this meeting, pursuant to Chapter 136.06 (1) of the Florida Statutes, which shall be incorporated into the Minutes and filed in the Board Support Division of the Clerk's Office."
- Source: Board Action, Feb 10, 2026
- Approved using Tourist Development Tax money for host fees and expenses for the 2026 The Spring Games, which runs from February 13 through March 28, 2026.
- In plain words: A request to use Tourist Development Tax money to pay host fees and event expenses for the 2026 The Spring Games, a college softball tournament, and to let the Chairman sign the agreement with the event organizers. The County will provide up to $150,000 in Tourist Development Tax funding for the 2026 event, and the Chairman is authorized to execute the agreement with The Spring Games.
- Where: Various Locations throughout Lake County, including Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex (Leesburg), Legends Way Ballfields (Clermont), and Hancock Park (Clermont). Why, in staff's words: "Lake County has been a premier host destination for a variety of niche sports competitions, including collegiate fastpitch softball." Paid from: Tourist Development Tax.
- Source: Board Action, Feb 10, 2026*Results are 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 record; individual vote tallies are pending the official minutes.*
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