Board of County Commissioners

BOCC Regular October 6, 2026 - Regular Meeting - 9:00 AM Manatee County Administration Building, 1st Floor Chambers

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. INVOCATION (The Commission does not endorse the religious beliefs of any speaker.)

C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

D. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Generic Public Comments

Updates to Agenda - October 5, 2026

E. CITIZEN COMMENTS (Consideration for Future Agenda Items - 30 Minute Time Limit)

Each person will be limited to three (3) minutes. If the thirty (30) minute time period has been exhausted, the Board will entertain any remaining comments near the end of the meeting with the same three (3) minute per person time limitation.

F. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS - LEGISLATIVE

Presentations Scheduled

1. Adoption of Ordinance 26-42, Data Center Moratorium - PLN2609-0022 - Legislative - Countywide - Jay Stearman, Planner I An Ordinance of Manatee County, Florida establishing a temporary moratorium on the submission and acceptance of applications for building permits, site plans, development orders, development agreements, special permit uses, rezonings, and Comprehensive Plan Amendments related to Date Centers, Large-Scale Data Centers and other large load customers within unincorporated Manatee County; providing for authority; Legislative Findings of Fact; temporary moratorium imposed; duration of temporary moratorium, providing for severability; and an effective date. TO BE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 8, 2026, AT 9:00 A.M., OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS SAME AS MAY BE HEARD.       Schenk

Item 1 was continued to October 8, 2026, at 9 a.m. or as soon thereafter as same as may be heard

G. COMMISSIONER AGENDA ITEMS

Items for Discussion

2. Administrator Contract

Item 2 was continued to October 8, 2026

H. CITIZEN COMMENTS (Continuation of Consideration for Future Agenda Items, if needed)

I. COUNTY ATTORNEY COMMENTS

J. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS

K. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

L. ADJOURN

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Tal Siddique, District 3 – Chair

Amanda Ballard, District 2 – First Vice Chair

Vacant, District 1

Mike Rahn, District 4

Robert McCann, District 5

George W. Kruse, At Large

Jason Bearden, At Large

MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA

Charlie Bishop, County Administrator

Pamela D’Agostino, County Attorney

Manatee County Administration Building

Honorable Patricia M. Glass Chambers, First Floor

1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

9:00 AM - October 6, 2026

Board of County Commissioners

Second Revised Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - Regular Meeting

This meeting can be viewed live on https://www.mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/service-listing/service-details/watch-live-county-meetings and on Manatee Government Access (MGA) Spectrum Channel 644, Frontier Channel 30, and Comcast Channel 20 (within Manatee County).

Written comments can be submitted at https://mymanatee.org/services-and-amenities/service-listing/service-details/submit-public-comment . For non-quasi-judicial items only, the public can offer comments by phone by dialing 1-888-788-0099 or 1-877-853-5247. Enter Meeting ID Number: 846 4981 3076 (followed by #).

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A.

CALL TO ORDER

B.

INVOCATION (The Commission does not endorse the religious beliefs of any speaker.)

Invocation led by Reverend Brock Patterson, Longboat Island Chapel

C.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

D.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Generic Public Comments

Updates to Agenda - October 5, 2026

E.

CITIZEN COMMENTS (Consideration for Future Agenda Items - 30 Minute Time Limit)