Plain-English weekly recaps written from official meeting records. 2 weeks available.
Week of 2026-10-19
Pasco commissioners approve $9.25M building automation contract, rezonings
Pasco County commissioners on Oct. 6 approved a $9.25 million building automation renewal for Air Mechanical & Service Corp., along with several other contracts, land purchases and rezoning requests, according to official minutes. The board also approved a $4.8 million stormwater culvert replacement change order for Southern Road & Bridge, LLC, a $2.65 million property purchase from Outlaw Ridge, LLC for environmental lands, and a $1.3 million wireless communication services contract with Verizon Wireless.
County commission: contracts, land and rezonings (Oct. 6)
Alongside the service contracts, commissioners approved a $895,000 Police Benevolent Association second-year pay plan and a $126,243 application for a JAG grant for the Pasco Sheriff's Office.
On land use, the board approved a rezoning from RES-3 to COM at Wesley Chapel Blvd and Loury Drive, and a rezoning from A-R to MPUD for 96 townhomes south of Chancey Road. Multiple comprehensive plan and zoning amendments were continued to Nov. 17, 2026.
Planning Commission: Old Pasco Road agreement continuance requested (Oct. 8)
The Planning Commission meets at 1:30 PM in the Historic Pasco County Courthouse in Dade City. Its agenda lists a requested continuance of a development agreement with Meritage Homes of Florida, LLC for the Old Pasco Road MPUD, involving roadway improvements in exchange for cash reimbursement (File PDE27-0036, District 1).
Three consent items are also listed: a special exception for a 1,684-square-foot accessory dwelling unit on 5.09 acres on the north side of Trust Lane, about 670 feet west of Trust Lane and Lowrie Lane; a conditional use for a personal residential helicopter landing pad on 16.79 acres on the east side of Bower Road, about 0.3 miles south of Main Line Road; and a conditional use for a vehicle storage and impound yard for an existing towing service on 0.87 acres east of 14th Street. The commission has final decision-making authority for special exceptions; its other decisions are recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. Minutes have not yet been published.
The same day, the commission holds a workshop on the Pasco 2050 Comprehensive Plan Update, covering Pasco GROWS Goals, Objectives, and Policies (File PDE27-0087). That item is for presentation only.
MPO: public hearing on FDOT work program (Oct. 8)
The Metropolitan Planning Organization meets at 10:00 AM at the Pasco County Historic Courthouse in Dade City. It will hold a public hearing on the FDOT Tentative Work Program for FY 28-32 (File MPO27-0047), with no action required. Votes are scheduled on adding a regular Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee member (S. Uhl), an alternate Technical Advisory Committee member (W. McCaw), and the 2027 meeting schedule. Presentation-only items include a Unified Planning Work Program modification and the Advantage U.S. 19 Phase Implementation Plan Phase II scope of work. The agenda also lists a proposed Tampa Bay Regional MPO merger and GOPASCO without attached detail.
Women's commission and food policy council
The Commission on the Status of Women met Oct. 5 at 2:00 PM in the Crystal Springs Room of the Pasco County Utilities Administration Building, 19420 Central Blvd., Land O' Lakes. The agenda listed a guest speaker, Jill Lansky of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital — Wesley Chapel, plus sub-committee appointments, luncheon planning, a Women Mean Business update, the annual survey and a promotions handout. No ordinances, contracts or fee changes appeared on it.
The Food Policy Advisory Council meets Oct. 16 to discuss a $40,000 Food Policy Funding Grant and review Pasco County agricultural land use codes. Membership applications for Briana Mays, Sarah Hasque, Michael Kostka and Stacey Struhar are listed for review.
Coming up
- **Oct. 20 — Board of County Commissioners:** an amendment to Vogel Bros. Building Co. for the Land O' Lakes Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion at $142,099,260.00; a $16,000,000.00 property purchase from the Dwight L. Hopkins and Joyce A. Hopkins Living Trust on Tupper Road; a $5,000,000.00 Letter of Understanding for County Line Road Widening; a proposed ordinance on golf carts on multiuse paved trails and certain county roadways; and a zoning amendment for 8.5 acres at 11321 US Highway 19.
- **Oct. 21 — Jobs and Economic Opportunities Committee:** program and project reviews.
- **Oct. 22 — Planning Commission:** a special exception for Shady Hills Power Company, LLC on Merchant Energy Way, a comprehensive plan amendment on 3.21 acres at County Line Road and Lansford Drive, and the Meritage Homes development agreement for Old Pasco Road.
- **Oct. 22 — Metropolitan Planning Organization:** the Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board votes on the 2026-2031 service plan update and related policies.
- **Oct. 29 — Affordable Housing Advisory Committee:** approval of the 2026 Pasco County Local Incentive Plan.
Week of 2026-10-12
Pasco agendas list $9.25M contract, $2.65M land purchase and a dengue emergency extension — but no minutes yet
Pasco County boards and committees held nine listed meetings over the past two weeks, and as of Oct. 13 none of the minutes had been published. That means no votes, approvals or outcomes can be confirmed from the record available. What the agendas do show are the items placed before each body, including a $9,250,000.00 building automation contract and a $2,650,000.00 land purchase at the Board of County Commissioners.
County Commission: contract, land, pay plan
The Board of County Commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at the Historic Pasco County Courthouse in Dade City. The agenda listed:
- Consent item C11: first one-year renewal and additional purchasing authority for Air Mechanical & Service Corp. building automation services, $9,250,000.00
- Consent item C29: agreement to purchase property from Outlaw Ridge, LLC for the Environmental Lands Acquisition and Management Program, $2,650,000.00
- Consent item C12: acceptance of the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) second-year pay plan, $895,000.00
The agenda also listed regular business on solar power opportunities and school concurrency changes, plus 1:30 p.m. public hearings on comprehensive plan amendments and zoning requests, with many of the larger rezoning items listed as continuance requests.
Dengue emergency
The commission held a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at 2:00 PM at the West Pasco Government Center, 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey. The agenda listed one topic: ratifying and extending Resolution No. 26-407 declaring a state of local emergency related to the mosquito-borne illness dengue, recommended for approval. A Florida Department of Health dengue presentation was listed as presentation only.
Land use and planning
At the Oct. 6 commission hearings, public hearing P38 sought a comprehensive plan amendment changing future land use from RES-9 to RES-24 on about 15.267 acres at U.S. Highway 301 (Gall Boulevard) and Chancey Road, with a continuance requested. Public hearing P43 covered the Palmetto Ridge MPUD rezoning for 2,800 residential units and 100,000 square feet of commercial uses on about 3,536 acres near State Road 52 and Ehren Cutoff, also with a continuance requested.
The Planning Commission held an Oct. 8 workshop on the Pasco 2050 Comprehensive Plan Update, focused on Pasco GROWS Goals, Objectives, and Policies (File PDE27-0087), listed as presentation only. The Planning Commission also met Oct. 8 at 1:30 PM in Dade City, with a requested continuance of the Old Pasco Road Development Agreement with Meritage Homes of Florida, LLC for roadway improvements in exchange for cash reimbursement (File PDE27-0036, District 1). Consent items included a special exception for a 1,684 square foot accessory dwelling unit on 5.09 acres on the north side of Trust Lane; a conditional use for a personal residential helicopter landing pad on 16.79 acres on the east side of Bower Road; and a conditional use for a vehicle storage and impound yard on 0.87 acres east of 14th Street. The Planning Commission has final decision-making authority for special exceptions; its other decisions are recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners.
Transportation planning
The Metropolitan Planning Organization met Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Pasco County Historic Courthouse in Dade City. The agenda listed a public hearing on the FDOT Tentative Work Program for FY 28-32 (file MPO27-0047), with no action required, and votes on a new regular Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee member, S. Uhl (MPO27-0039); a new alternate Technical Advisory Committee member, W. McCaw (MPO27-0049); the 2027 meeting schedule (MPO27-0038); and its Aug. 20, 2026 minutes. Presentation-only items included a Unified Planning Work Program modification, the Advantage U.S. 19 Phase Implementation Plan Phase II scope of work, and a Prioritizing Transportation Tampa Bay update. The agenda also lists a proposed Tampa Bay Regional MPO merger and GOPASCO as items without attached detail.
The MPO's Technical Advisory Committee, Citizens Advisory Committee and Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee each met Sept. 30 to review 2027 meeting schedules, prior minutes and the U.S. 19 Phase II scope of work.
Other boards
The Commission on the Status of Women met Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, at 2:00 PM in the Crystal Springs Room of the Pasco County Utilities Administration Building, 19420 Central Blvd., Land O' Lakes. The agenda listed a guest speaker, Jill Lansky of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital — Wesley Chapel (File 2026-2506), approval of Sept. 14 minutes, sub-committee appointments, luncheon planning, a Women Mean Business update, an annual survey update and a promotional handout. No ordinances, contracts or fee changes appeared on that agenda.
What the record does not show
Every meeting above is listed as agenda only, with minutes not yet published. No vote tallies are available, and the dollar figures are the amounts written on the agendas, not confirmed payments or final contract values. Unpublished minutes are not evidence that nothing happened.
Coming up
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