This morning, Tuesday, December 3, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners hosted the annual State of the County presentation in the County Commission Chambers of the Lake County Administration Building, located at 315 W. Main St., Tavares.
This year’s theme, “Lake County on the Move,” highlighted the County’s 2019 achievements, including:
The groundbreaking at Lake County Animal Shelter
The opening of Citrus Grove Road (Minneola)
Kroger and Ocado 350,000-square-foot customer fulfillment center (Groveland).
The State of the County program also included the induction of the late Kyleen Jane Fischer into the Women’s Hall of Fame.
During the Board Meeting, Commissioner Leslie Campione was chosen as the Lake County Board of County Commissioners Chairman and Commissioner Wendy Breeden, District 3, was again selected as Vice Chairman
Commissioner Campione, District 4, who was previously selected as Chairman in 2018, was first elected to the County Commission in 2010. She is a Eustis native who owns her own law practice focusing on real property and business law. She is a strong proponent of economic development and free market principles, and is committed to fostering a climate for positive economic activity, small business ownership, and job creation through good planning and balanced policies that protect valuable natural resources and quality of life. She is a member of the Central Florida Expressway Authority Governing Board, and has led the work to build a new animal shelter in Lake County.
Commissioner Wendy Breeden, District 3, was again selected as Vice Chairman, serving the second year in the role. First elected in 2016, Commissioner Breeden began her career as a library coordinator in 1992, before retiring as Lake County’s Public Resources Department Director in 2016. She has served the community on the Central Florida Library Cooperative, the Florida Library Association, the State Library, the Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Council, and the American Library Association. She is a graduate of the Leadership Lake class of 1995.
The State of the County video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IerhYohq_M
The entire program, including the board meeting, can be viewed at: https://lakecountyfl.gov/board_agendas/board_agendas_and_actions.aspx.
