Steve Champion

Residential Property Valuation Petitions

If values are reduced, affected homeowners could see their 2026 property tax bills drop by thousands of dollars.

Residential Property Valuation Appeals

Outcomes could lower (or uphold) assessed values on dozens of properties, changing the property tax bills for those owners.

Primary Election and Voter Turnout

Election operations are funded through county budgetary allocations.

Community Development District Establishment and Dissolution

Financing and maintaining infrastructure through special assessments on property owners within the district.

Brookridge Community Buffering and Development Impacts

Speed humps, resurfacing, and a possible future signal at Grove could cost county funds; a potential traffic signal carries an estimated three-year timeline.

South Brooksville Redevelopment and Flooding

Funded through future tax increment financing (TIF) and external grants.

Commercial Property Tax Assessments and Appeals

Granted appeals lower assessed values on specific commercial properties, which can slightly affect the overall tax roll.

Affordable Housing and Density Expansion

Impact fee surcharges apply, but residents fear declining property values and rising insurance costs.

Hancock Lake Road Access and Neighborhood Protection

Potential savings for Hernando County taxpayers who otherwise would have borne maintenance and emergency service burdens for a Pasco-based project.

Future Budget Impacts of Constitutional Amendment 3

Potential general fund revenue reductions estimated at up to $24 million in year one.

Motocross Training Track Proposal

None to the county; affects private property use and surrounding property values.

Industrial Distribution Center Height Deviations

Encourages large-scale capital investment and high-tech industrial development.

Fiscal Year 2026-27 County Budget and Millage Adoption

The budget totals hundreds of millions of dollars across funds, maintaining a flat ad valorem millage rate while cutting operational expenses and deferring capital projects.

Fairgrounds Redevelopment

Potential state fair facility grants and federal grants; prior grant applications reached roughly $400,000-$750,000 with matching requirements.

Spring Gardens Detox Project TEFRA Bond Approval

No county financial liability; estimated $600,000 to $1 million annually in nonprofit free cash flow reinvested locally.

Infrastructure Surtax Referendum Defeated

Generates millions in revenue through a half-cent sales surtax to fund public safety and law enforcement infrastructure.

Agricultural Classification Standards for Small Parcels

Affects property tax assessments and potential tax exemptions for small agricultural landowners in Hernando County.

Fort Dade Avenue and Cobb Road Intersection Safety

Funded through existing Capital Improvement Program allocations for road resurfacing.

Electric Bicycle Safety and State Road Regulation

Potential future utilization of safety grant funds for public education campaigns.

Hernando Beach Residential Rezoning and Density Expansion

Multi-million dollar residential development investment, infrastructure buildout, and county tax base expansion.

Approval of Meeting Agenda

Proclamation: National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Consent Agenda Items G.1-G.8

TEFRA Public Hearing — Spring Gardens Detox Project Bonds

Ordinance 2026-21 — Clerk of Court Debt Collection

Procurement Items K.1-K.10

TDC Grant Awards and Sponsorship (L.1)

Revision to TDC Special Event Marketing Grant Program (L.2)

2027-2028 Legislative Appropriation Requests and Policies (M)

Animal Services Update and California Street Sidewalk Agreement (N.1-N.2)

Change Order No. 1 to State Department of Environmental Protection Grant Agreement for Hernando Beach Wastewater Resiliency Project

Award of Sole Source Contract and Airport Surveillance Services Master Services Agreement With uAvionix Corporation for Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (Contract No. 26-TSS01440; Amount $237,795.04 for 5-Years)

Award of Term Contract to Minuteman Security Technologies, Inc., d/b/a Minuteman Security and Life Safety for Installation, Maintenance and Inspection of Access Control and Video Surveillance Systems as Needed for Clerk of Circuit Court…

Award of Term Contracts (A and B) to (A) Crockett’s Towing, LLC, and (B) Gulf Coast Wreckers and Repair, LLC, for Towing and Roadside Services for Fleet Department (Contract Nos. 26-T01394 (A and B); Amount: $69,595.02 for 3-Years Term)

Award of Term Contracts (A, B, C and D) to (A) Barney’s Pumps, Inc., (B) US Water Services Corporation d/b/a Technical Sales Corporation, (C) Southeastern Pump and (D) Xylem Water Solutions USA, Inc., for Submersible Sewage Pumps and…

Award of Term Sole Source Contract to LSC Environmental Products, LLC, for Posi-Shell Daily Landfill Cover for Solid Waste Department (Contract No. 26-TSS01386; Amount: $360,000.00)

Increased Annual Expenditure and Change Order No. 1 to Purchase Order With Consolidated Forest, LLC, d/b/a American Mulch & Soil, LLC, for Yard Waste Mulching Services for Recycling Department (Contract No. 24-TF00884; Amount of Change…

Increased Annual Expenditure and Change Order No. 8 to Purchase Order With Dobbs Equipment, LLC, for as Needed Service of John Deere Construction and Forestry Equipment Brands for Fleet Department (Contract No. 23-TSS00419; Change Order…

Petition 26-173 (Robert Barbary Life Estate)

Petition 26-177 (George Benitez)

Ordinance 2026-21 — Clerk of Court Debt Collection

Ordinance Creating South Brooksville Community Redevelopment Trust Fund

Emerson Road Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment

To approve the Agenda.

To adopt Resolution No. 2026-182.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To adopt Resolution No. 2026-179.

To adopt Resolution No. 2026-180.

To adopt Resolution No. 2026-181.

To approve the staff recommendation.

Resolution Setting FY 2026-27 Countywide Millage Rates (Res. No. 2026-179)

Resolution Setting FY 2026-27 Municipal Service Taxing Unit Millage Rates (Res. No. 2026-180)

Resolution Adopting FY 2026-2027 Final Budget (Res. No. 2026-182)

Approval of Local Government Verification and Funding for Multifamily Housing Project (Consent Item G11)

Voiced opposition to subsidizing private for-profit corporate entities with public funds.

Adoption of Ordinance No. 2026-18 (Lake Hideaway II CDD Legal Description)

Denial of Request by William and Frances Kuhn to Forgive Special Master Fines

Approval of Contract Amendment No. 5 for Transit Operator Services (Item K1)

Cited concerns regarding high operational costs and low ridership efficiency for public bus routes.

Adoption of Tentative FY 2026-27 Budget

Rezoning Petition for Eagle Nest Drive (REZ0000212026)

Not in favor of attached buildings, villas, or zero lot line properties in a single-family community.

To approve the Agenda.

To amend the budget office proposed budget as described.

First Reading of Short-Term Vacation Rental Ordinance

Argued that the ordinance represented government overreach, invasive property inspections, and unnecessary regulation.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To approve the Agenda.

To approve the Consent Agenda (Resolution Nos. 2026-139 and 2026-140 and Budget Resolution Nos. 2026-141 and 2026-142).

To waive the invoice.

To approve the staff recommendation (Ordinance No. 2026-17).

To approve with modification of account number.

To deny.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To deny.

To approve moving forward.

Local Provider Participation Fund Ordinance Amendment

Ordinance Dissolving Springside Community Development District

To approve.

To approve Item Nos. D-1 and D-2 (Resolution Nos. 2026-117 and 2026-118).

To approve the Consent Agenda (Budget Resolution Nos. 2026-120, 2026-121, 2026-123 and 2026-126 and Resolution Nos. 2026-119, 2026-122, 2026-124 and 2026-125).

To approve the staff recommendation (Ordinance No. 2026-15).

To approve Item Nos. N-1 through N-3.

To approve the staff recommendation.

To approve.

To bring it back but would like to know how much the house would have to be built up to be in that flood zone.

To approve staff recommendation.

Adoption of Ordinance No. 2026-15: Data Center Moratorium

Approval of Commemorative Resolutions for PTSD Awareness Day and America 250

Approval of Consent Agenda