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COUNTY
F LORI D A
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA
ST LUCIE COUNTY
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
9:00 AM
St. Lucie County Commission Chambers
2300 Virginia Avenue
3rd Floor of Roger Poitras Building
Fort Pierce, FL 34982
COUNTY COMMISSION MEMBERS
District No. 3, Chair
PAULA A. LEWIS
District No. 5, Vice -Chair
KIM JOHNSON
District No. 1
CHRIS DZADOVSKY
District No. 4
FRANNIE HUTCHINSON
District No. 2
TOD MOWERY
Mission Statement
To provide service, infrastructure and leadership necessary to advance a safe and sustainable community,
maintain a high quality of life, and protect the natural environment for all our citizens
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Regular Meeting Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:00 AM
WELCOME
All meetings are televised.
All meetings provided with wireless internet access for public convenience.
Please turn off all cell phones and pagers prior to entering the commission chambers.
Please mute the volume on all laptops and PDAs while in use in the commission chambers.
GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES —Attached is the agenda, which will determine the order of business conducted at today's Board
meeting.
INVOCATION -PLEDGE — To bring order and decorum to its meeting, the Board begins its meetings with an invocation followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance. Participation is voluntary.
CONSENT AGENDA — These items are considered routine and are enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of
these items unless a Commissioner so requests.
REGULAR AGENDA — Proclamations, Presentations, Public Hearings, and Department requests are items, which the Commission will
discuss individually, usually in the order listed on the agenda.
PUBLIC HEARINGS — These items may be heard on the first Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible and on a third
Tuesday at 9:00 A.M. or as soon thereafter as possible, these time designations are intended to indicate that an item will not be
addressed prior to the listed time. The Chairman will open each public hearing and asks anyone wishing to speak to come forward,
one at a time. Comments will be limited to five minutes.
As a general rule when issues are scheduled before the Commission under department request or public hearing, the order of
presentation is: (1) County staff presents the details of the Board item (2) Commissioners comment (3) if a public hearing, the
Chairman will ask for public comment, (4) further discussion and action by the board.
ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION — Please state your name and address, speaking clearly into the microphone. If you have backup
material, please have eight copies for distribution.
NON -AGENDA ITEMS — These items are presented by an individual Commissioner or staff as necessary at the conclusion of the
printed agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENT — Time is allocated at the beginning of each meeting for the general public comment. Please limit comments to
three minutes.
DECORUM — Please be respectful of others' opinions.
MEETINGS — All Board meetings are open to the public and are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month; the first Tuesday
at 6:00 P.M. and the third Tuesday at 9:00 A.M., unless otherwise advertised. Meetings are held in the County Commission
Chambers in the Roger Poitras Administration Annex at 2300 Virginia Ave., Ft. Pierce, FL 34982. The Board schedules additional
workshops throughout the year as necessary to accomplish their goals and commitments. Notice is provided of these workshops.
Assistive Listening Device is available to anyone with a hearing disability. Anyone with a disability requiring accommodation to
attend this meeting should contact the Safety & Risk Manager at (772) 462-1783 or TDD (772) 462-1428 at least forty-eight (48)
hours prior to the meeting.
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