During the Nov. 10, 2026, BOCC meeting:
The Board approved funding for several Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) projects.
The City of Tampa was awarded $73.9 million for three infrastructure projects that include improvements to wastewater pump stations, fire, and police stations to increase resiliency during severe weather events.
The Board approved $2.6 million for the Behavioral Health Facility Hardening Project, which includes upgrading utilities, installing a permanent generator, and hardening doors, windows, and the roof at a County-owned public facility. The facility will be operated as a residential treatment location for women, with priority to veterans, experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, and other behavioral health issues. It will also operate as a behavioral / mental health shelter during emergencies.
The facility is currently leased to Phoenix House, which will fund the construction of required interior renovations to make it operational.
Commissioners directed the County Administrator and the County Attorney's Office to schedule and advertise a public hearing for the Board to consider and adopt a resolution expressing its intent to use the uniform method for collecting a potential non-ad valorem assessment for fire protection and park services.
The resolution allows staff to research funding mechanisms and bring options back to the Board for consideration.
The Board approved an ordinance relating to e-bikes, bicycles, motorized scooters, and other micromobility devices. The ordinance imposes safety regulations, provides for voluntary compliance by way of warning, notice, or education, and establishes criminal and civil penalties.
The ordinance will serve as a tool to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents and to foster a safe environment for the public use of roadways, streets, sidewalks, paths, and trails.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has reported an increase in severe injuries related to these devices and told Commissioners there will be education and outreach initiatives prior to any enforcement.
Commissioners voted to amend Hillsborough County's Synthetic Drug Ordinance to prohibit 7-OH strains and other synthetic kratom products.
The ordinance excludes whole leaf kratom and other products that are not chemically enhanced or altered for increased potency.
The draft amendment requires businesses that sell lawful kratom-related products to post a warning sign that the use may cause serious adverse health effects, and provides for misdemeanor criminal penalties for the production, manufacturing, distribution, sale, marketing, or advertisement of synthetic drugs.
The Board adopted a resolution amending the renewed Community Investment Tax (CIT) approved list of infrastructure projects. The change will add the Tampa Bay Rays' Ballpark in the Public Facilities Category to the list of infrastructure projects to be funded with revenue from the previously renewed CIT.
Commissioners then approved a FY 27 budget amendment resolution to appropriate a total of $90 million within the CIT Extension Project Fund to the Tampa Bay Rays' Ballpark project.
A master bond resolution was approved in an amount not to exceed $263 million of its sixth and third cent Tourist Development Tax Revenue Bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of a portion of the project.
Commissioners and the County Administrator said farewell to the outgoing commissioners and thanked them for their service to Hillsborough County.
The next BOCC regular meeting will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2026. You can watch the meeting live on YouTube on the Hillsborough County Meetings channel.
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