Community Board of 25

The Hernando County Commission voted on Tuesday, November 1, to form a community advisory board to review future long-term facilities needs for county government. Their decision to form a 25-member community board was a 5-0 vote. The commissioners decided to form this committee during Gary Adams presentation that discussed the projected future space needs for county government departments and courtrooms. During this discussion, commissioners voiced approval to give the county citizens , as a whole, a voice in how their government expands and how the citizens would like to see this growth develop in the future. Commissioners also voiced the need to have a well-rounded committee which should include business leaders, citizens from all areas of the county, and they even suggested to choose prior graduates of the Hernando Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Hernando program. One day after the decision was made to form this committee by a unanimous vote, Commissioner Kingsley made his position clear with his proposal to move forward on selling the old hospital site and building a new $35 million government center. This 25 member review committee should be given the opportunity to honestly access the needs for future facilities expansion of our government, and the related costs, before any commissioner publicly expresses their viewpoint.