Sarah Heard
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 2
- Total speaking time
- 5:03
- Avg per meeting
- 2:32
- Segments
- 101
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Top issues during term (20)
Large-scale data center moratorium
Unknown potential power, water, and infrastructure demands of 100–500+ megawatt facilities.
Citrus Grove Elementary school zone
Roughly $80,000, which Commissioner Ciampi said can come from district funds.
FEC Railroad Quiet Zone update
Much of the expensive crossing upgrades are already done; remaining costs were described as nominal.
Code enforcement lien relief
Could reduce or eliminate six-figure liens for innocent owners; the specific case involves a roughly $1.5 million lien.
Unhoused residents and substance-use services
Speakers cited a $30 million state appropriation in HB 5001 potentially available and argued jailing costs more than housing.
Flock surveillance cameras and opioid abatement funds
Commenter cited county spending of about $37,000 for the cameras.
$60 million utility revenue bonds for water plant expansion
Funded by utility capital facilities charges — no new taxes or borrowing.
Kanner/96th Street agricultural enclave request
Denial preserves agricultural land use; certification would have fast-tracked single-family residential development plans within 180 days.
Martin County Operations Facility site plan
About $4.7 million a year in debt service for 20 years, roughly $95 million total, backed by half-cent sales tax.
MARTY transit service shutdown
A one-year MTM contract at about $105.53 per revenue hour plus startup costs, with ridership at over 155,000 trips last fiscal year and the county budget as the spending ceiling.
Newfield environmental parcel donation and conservation easement
No direct county cost; the land conveys from the developer for environmental use.
FY 2026/2027 tentative budget and millage rates
Total countywide budget of $334.4 million with taxable values up 6.38% and millage unchanged.
St. Lucie Inlet dredge material relocation
Keeping the sand in the impoundment basin saves the county mobilization costs of $1–2 million versus offshore disposal, but the county must fund the next inlet dredging itself with DEP grant help.
Conservation land acquisition in Hobe Sound
Yeiser's gifts total $8.5 million; the ranch easement is $17 million with $5 million from the county.
Hobe Sound Business Park rezoning (B114-003)
Utility water and wastewater rate increases
About $2/month more for the average combined customer, rising annually by up to 4%; connection fees up ~$2,200 for new development.
Voluntary early separation incentive program
Short-term severance costs offset by long-term payroll savings from eliminated or restructured positions.
King tide flooding and coastal erosion
Solutions already in design; Dyer Point/Lighthouse Point project at 90% design.
Avonlia parcels — county declines to back city nomination
The parcels could cost a substantial share of the city's roughly $20–25 million sales tax allocation; appraisals haven't been done.
Fire Rescue staffing, costs, and retention crisis
Up to $7,034,694 in financing; truck prices have risen 63–80% in five years.
Decisions during term (223)
Recorded while Heard was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Agenda approval with withdrawal of PHQJ-3 and continuation of DEPT-4
PH-1: One-year data center moratorium ordinance adopted
CNST-10: Nicoletti special magistrate retainer increase
CNST-12: Cove Road preserve area management plan amendment
Consent agenda remainder
PHQJ-1: Pinkston utility easement abandonment (Margolo Estates)
PHQJ-1 follow-up: new fee category for easement abandonments
PHQJ-2: Kansas Avenue right-of-way abandonment (Operation 300 / Camp Valor)
PHQJ-2: Privilege fee waiver for Operation 300
PHQJ-4: Stuart Yacht Corporation rezoning continued
PH-2: Utility rate indexing resolution
PH-2: Capital facility charges increase with grandfathering
DEPT-5: $60 million utility revenue bonds
DPQJ-1: Martin County Operations Facility final site plan
DEPT-1: OMB grant approvals
DEPT-3: Voluntary early separation incentive program
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ APPROVAL OF WARRANT LIST FOR DISBURSEMENT VIA CHECKS AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
NOTED ITEMS
ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING VETERANS DAY IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA
ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MRS. UNIVERSE’S WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE MONTH IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA
Voting record (52)
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PHQJ-1 follow-up: new fee category for easement abandonments
PHQJ-2: Privilege fee waiver for Operation 300
Concerned about precedent for waiving privilege fees on right-of-way abandonments.
refer back to the original motion, to consider all evidence and issue the building permit
DPQJ-1: Cory Beaton Article 10 appeal — remand to staff
rezone to LI on the entire property
PHQJ-2 — Capps motion: LI on 3.7 acres, keep M-1 on 104 acres
PHQJ-2 — Hobe Sound Business Park LLC rezoning to LI (B114-003)
Direction to prepare one-year moratorium on hyperscale data centers
to approve the agenda and consent agenda.
to approve staff's recommendation.
to direct staff to issue a building permit on the property.
to approve staff's recommendation.
to approve staff's recommendation.
to accept the 2nd recommendation.
Article 10 appeal — Cory Beaton building permit (DPQJ-1)
Warned the motion would admit that compliance with the two-acre comprehensive plan requirement is unnecessary.