The Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners and the Live Oak CRA have meetings today, including the county’s final budget hearing.

Both the budget hearing and the CRA meeting begin at 5:30 p.m.

Here are the tentative agendas for the respective meetings:

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Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners

Judicial Annex Building

218 Parshley St. SW

Final Budget Hearing

5:30 p.m.

Open Final Budget Hearing — Barry Baker

• Announce proposed millage rate of 9.0000 mills and proposed final budget of $81,532,467
• Announce the rolled-back rate of 8.954 mills. The proposed millage rate is a 0.51 percent increase from the rolled-back rate
• Open for public hearing (Constitutional officers, outside agencies, County departments, public)       
• Close public hearing
• Board to advise Clerk of any changes to be made to the budget. 

Vote on each item separately

• Adopt Final Millage Rate by resolution
• Adopt Final Budget by resolution

Close BCC Final Budget Hearing

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Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners

Judicial Annex Building

218 Parshley St. SW

Regular meeting

6 p.m., today

Approval of minutes

• Minutes of the Sept. 5 regular board meeting
• Minutes of the Sept. 7 tentative budget hearing
• Minutes of the Sept. 13 special called meeting
• Minutes of the Sept. 18 special called meeting

Consent agenda

• Approval of payment of processed invoices
• Approval of contract with Suwannee Valley Probation Services, Inc. for Misdemeanant Offender Supervision
• Approval of Release of Lien for Mary Ann Brooks and Thomas D. Harris, State Housing Initiative Partnership program client
• Approval of agreement with the Florida Department of Health, in the amount of $100,000 for the operation of the Suwannee County Health Department for FY 2016-17
• Approval to reappoint Brant Helvenston and Janet Airth to the Suwannee County Historical Commission for three-year terms beginning on Sept. 30, 2017
• Authorization to procure construction inspection services for rail spur
• Approval of agreement with Suwannee River Water Management District and/or Department of Environmental Protection for grant funds associated with sewer plant at I-75/CR 136 interchange
• Approval of and authorization to execute sidetrack agreement with CSX for rail spur construction at Catalyst Site
• Approval or and authorization to execute First Amendment to Development Agreement with Klausner Lumber One, LLC associated with rail spur project
• Approval of insurance renewals with Florida League of Cities for Workers Compensation, Auto, Property, and Liability for the policy year Oct. 1, 2017-Sept. 30, 2018
• Authorization to advertise for Request for Proposals for loans associated with Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) projects
• Authorization to use excess funds from the 2015-16 Budget for the purchase of voting equipment — Supervisor of Elections
• Authorization to apply for State Aid Grant for Public Libraries for the Suwannee River Regional Library System
• Authorization to execute an agreement with Department of Economic Opportunity and/or Florida Department of Transportation for funding of relocation of rail crossing at Catalyst Site and construction of 175th Road

Proclamations and Presentations

• Presentation by Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce Director Jimmy Norris

Staff reports

• James Sommers, Public Safety Director 

General business

• Incentive and request of land purchase for Project 51 — Alvin Jackson, Economic Development Director
• Discuss, with possible Board action, lease agreement between Nakash Family Live Oak, LLC and Suwannee County for Economic Development and Tourist Development office space — Alvin Jackson, Economic Development Director

Public comments

• Items not listed on the agenda

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Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency

City Hall

101 White Avenue

Regular meeting

5:30 p.m.

Approval of minutes

• Minutes of the August 22 meeting

General business

• Discussion and Board action pertaining to Resolution #CRA17-04 to adopt the 2017 CRA Plan Amendment — George Curtis / Kim Smiley
• Discussion and Board action pertaining to the Master Plan for the Heritage Square focus area project — Kim Smiley / George Curtis / Jon Sewel;, AICP-Project Manager, Kimley-Horn
• Discussion and Board action pertaining to 210 Georgia Ave. NE — Kim Smiley / George Curtis
• Discussion and Board action pertaining to 125 Court St. SE — Kim Smiley / George Curtis
• Discussion and Board action pertaining to the use of the CRA’s four (4) acres by the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce during Christmas on the Square — Bruce Tillman
• 2017 FRA Conference reminder — Kim Smiley