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City commissioners voted 5-2 on Monday to sell a portion of the municipality's 802 E. Robson St. property to Polk County for $150,000.
County Manager Bill Beasley said an option is for the county to stop relying on outside companies and consider handling the operation itself. 'It's gotten worse': Polk Commissioners again unhappy ...
In 2015, Hansen issued a memo to Polk County Commissioners, advocating to have the county hire a full-time finance manager and not rely on the elected treasurer to be in charge of the millions in ...
Polk County (/ p oʊ k /) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 census, and estimated to be 818,330, as of July 1, 2023. [1] Its county seat is Bartow, [2] and its largest city is Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan ...
Combee was born in Lakeland and graduated from Polk State College and Florida State University.Following graduation, he worked in agribusiness and real estate. [1]He was elected to the Polk County Commission as a Democrat in 1988, a position to which he was re-elected in 1992, 1996, and 2000. [1]
In 2016, Polk County commissioners changed the job responsibilities for treasurer, giving many of its duties to a finance manager. The commissioners passed a nearly identical ordinance this year.
Polk County Commission Chair Martha Santiago will face off with Democratic challenger Markeishia Smith on Nov. 8 for the District 4 seat.
On Tuesday, the county commission will vote on whether to allocate $2.5 million from the general budget toward the development of business incubators. Polk County Commission to vote Tuesday on $2. ...