At the Aug. 19, 2025, Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board took the following action:
At the start of the meeting, Mayor Marino welcomed new County Administrator Joseph Abruzzo and just appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis, Clerk and Comptroller Mike Caruso, to the dais.
Administration - received and filed the updated Board Directives Report, which includes in-process and completed board directive items.
Airports - approved change order with Suffolk Construction Company extending the final phase of the Concourse B Expansion Project at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in the approximate amount of $1,397,399.
Approved change order with Morganti Group, extending the Terminal Roof Improvements Project at PBI in the approximate amount of $1,087,928.
Approved contract amendment with EXP U.S. Services Inc. for design services for the PBI Terminal and Concourse Modernization Project in the approximate amount of $5,108,384.
Approved amendment with JSM Airport Services, LLC, increasing the total contract amount for completion of renewal and replacement projects at PBI, including the replacement of three passenger boarding bridges, for $3,732,000.
Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller - received and filed four of Palm Beach County’s annual financial reports for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.
Community Services - approved a budget transfer of $500,000 of unexpended funds in the Financially Assisted Agencies (FAA) budget and reallocating those funds for rental assistance. With this funding, approximately 85 eligible residents may be served for up to three months of rental and/or relocation assistance through September 30, 2025.
Conceptually approved proposed allocations for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for areas of Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder under the Opioid Settlement Funds, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, in a total amount not-to-exceed $2,477,850.
Palm Tran - adopted a resolution authorizing a Grant Agreement with the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CDT), for $3,171,387 to provide Palm Tran Connection Service trips and discounted daily and monthly fixed route passes.
Directed staff to return to a future meeting, the issuance of an Invitation to Negotiate for Palm Tran Connection paratransit services countywide for a contract.
Resilience - adopted, by a 6-1 vote, an ordinance updating the Palm Beach County Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program.
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