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Clerk Grant Maloy says the FBI and FDLE have been notified, jury registration and court records are next to come back online, and three Sanford offices stay open in person except on Veterans Day.
The city's Monday update on its $65.8 million East Wastewater Reclamation Facility says retention ponds are being dug now and the slab for a nutrient-removal basin will be poured starting in December.
County emergency managers expect a slow, weeks-long flood along the St. Johns, with levels possibly not dropping until December; a new sandbag site opens Tuesday at Wayside Park.
The city broke ground on a new east wastewater treatment facility on July 27, 2026, as part of a multi-year project to replace aging infrastructure.
County staff recommend renewing the Sanford zoo's $350,000-a-year tourist development tax grant through 2029, with most of each year's money going to habitat, accessibility and facility work.
The Sheriff's Office handed back $2.55 million it did not spend last year and wants $1.88 million of it re-budgeted, mostly for the helicopter engine. A $1.9 million federal grant for new patrol-car radios is also on the agenda.
County staff scored 16 applications for this year's Community Services Agency grants and recommend funding only the top six. Commissioners take up the list, along with $421,115 for four shelters, on Tuesday.
Seminole schools treat nicotine vaping as a tobacco offense, and principals may offer a voluntary education course instead of suspension, according to the district's 2026-27 conduct code.
The city's hourlong Veterans Day Tribute starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Winter Springs Veterans and Military Services Memorial. City offices are closed that day.
The general employees' plan beat the median public pension over the fiscal year but trailed its own benchmark; trustees will also sign off on minutes recording September's benefit restatement and a $2 million cash move.
CareerSource Central Florida's Paychecks for Patriots hiring event runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Orange Technical College, with more than 20 employers and Seminole County veterans invited.
The Ecclesial School, with about 190 elementary students on the church campus off State Road 426, wants three more portables and a 250-student cap; planners recommend approval with staggered drop-off and a ban on student drivers.
Florida's first unofficial returns put Republican Ryan Elijah's margin over Democrat Bale Dalton at 0.503%, just outside the automatic recount line. Certification is set for Nov. 17.
The larger non-school homestead exemption starts Jan. 1, 2027, and first shows up on November 2027 tax bills; Winter Springs, Oviedo and Seminole County are weighing budget cuts.
A Florida Department of Transportation grant would pay up to half the cost of running eight added vehicles on the county's on-demand Scout service for three years; the county board takes it up Nov. 10.
County staff say Boys Town Central Florida has spent about $36,000 of a federal HOME-ARP award for in-home services to at-risk teens and families and keeps filing incomplete records. Commissioners take it up Tuesday.
The deal ends lawsuits over the Country Club Heights sewer and water main job, which the county says was about 30% done when it halted work. The termination would be recast as one for convenience.
A Tuesday work session will ask the Seminole County Commission for direction on animal ordinance changes its Animal Control Board backed in June, including tethering limits and tougher rules for dangerous dogs. No vote is set.
Lake Mary's staff and city attorney recommend remaining in pending settlements with four makers named in the national firefighting-foam litigation, WKMG reports, citing the delay and expense of suing on its own.
MetroPlan Orlando's latest report shows all four regional ozone monitors, including Seminole State College in Sanford, below the 70 ppb federal threshold, which helps transportation projects avoid added review.
Staff will draft broader protections proposed by Commissioner Mark Caruso, though the city attorney warned parts may clash with the charter and state law. The policy returns later for a final vote.
